Harold L. Goodwin 2 hr 48 min read

On the little island of San Luz, rock melts like butter on a hot stove, and young inventor Rick Brant flies in as a supposedly dead volcano threatens to blow the island off the map.

Harold L. Goodwin's 1962 novel is a brisk juvenile science-adventure from the beloved Rick Brant series. Fast, clever, wholesome period SF. Read it for a rousing boys' adventure where scientific know-how and courage confront a catastrophic volcanic eruption, and the intrigue that swirls around it.

In its time

Published in 1962, during the 1960s, new wave revolutionizes the genre.

Reading it

2 hr 48 min read (a novel-length work, settle in).