Harold L. Goodwin 2 hr 55 min read

Someone has searched a room inch by inch, wanting the cat, an ancient Egyptian relic that draws young inventor Rick Brant into intrigue from Cairo to the shadow of the Great Pyramid.

Harold L. Goodwin's 1961 novel is a brisk juvenile science-adventure from the beloved Rick Brant series. Fast, clever, globe-trotting period SF. Read it for a rousing boys' mystery where scientific know-how and pluck unravel a puzzle spanning the museums and deserts of Egypt.

In its time

Published in 1961, during the 1960s, new wave revolutionizes the genre.

Reading it

2 hr 55 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).