Harold L. Goodwin 2 hr 55 min read

Missing scientists, a Hindu merchant, Bagobo headhunter country, and Moro knives draw young inventor Rick Brant into a hunt for modern-day pirates among the islands of the far Pacific.

Harold L. Goodwin's 1958 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 courage confront pirates and intrigue in the seas south of Sulu.

In its time

Published in 1958, during the 1950s, post-war optimism meets cold war anxiety.

Reading it

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