Wayne Carey

GHOSTS FROM THE PAST Space hauler, Captain Tony Michaels and his alien co-pilot/parter, Jiin of Tz-en, crash land on the planet Nihon; a colony world settled by the descendants of Earth's Japanese people. Then their ship is confiscated and they are arrested for smuggling. When they attempt to resolve the false charges, both of them soon discover they are merely pawns in a deadly political civil war between two rival clans. And if that wasn't enough to deal with, they discover the certain colonist have begun having visions of ancient aliens who may have been the first indigenous race to live on Nihon. Once again, writer Wayne Carey has delivered a colorful, old fashion science-fiction adventure that is filled with action and adventure set in strange and alien worlds. Sci-Fi fans will not be disappointed. This is the second in his series featuring Captain Michaels and Jiin begun in "El-Aris." Award winning cartoonist Don Simpson provides the wonderful black and white interior illustrations and Canadian artist Ted Hammond the cover.

More African Adventures - H. Rider Haggard's greatest hero returns in three new adventures. From battling the Spirits of the Dark Continent to fighting alongside a fearless Arab Warrior, Allan Quatermain takes on all challenges.-Here are two tales by DeWayne Dowers and Wayne Carey plus "Allan Quatermain and the Star of Wonder," a full length novella by Thomas Kent Miller.-This is old-fashioned action and adventure guaranteed to entertain pulp fans everywhere.

BATTLEFIELD SPECTERSFrustrated with his job as a high school science teacher, Frank Blaine enjoyed his rare weekends participating in Civil War battle re-enactments. It is a passion he shares with his young son, Steve, and several neighbor pals. This particular year they are near Ramsey, Virginia the site of the Pine Creek Battlefield where in 1864 the Union Army fought fiercely to thwart a Confederate excursion northward.All is going as planned when, in the middle of one exercise, Frank encounters other soldiers not part of his company. Soldiers who suddenly materialize and then vanish in the blink of an eye...as if they weren't really there. Without any clear rationalization for these encounters, Frank begins to suspect the impossible: that he's being confronted by ghosts from the actual battle. And, he wonders, if this is so, why?Author Wayne Carey spins a suspenseful story about a one-hundred-fifty-year-old secret that can no longer remain hidden...even if the dead must at long last tell the tale.

THE LIGHTNING BIRDWhen the president of the First National Bank of Durban dies mysteriously consumed by flames, a beautiful Zulu woman named Izula approaches hunter-guide Allan Quatermain with a fantastic tale. She believes the cause of the man's death, and those of others, is the legendary Impundulu, better known as the Lightning Bird. Quatermain reluctantly agrees to help her and with the aid of his friend, Sean Finnegan, they launch an expedition eastward to the Grootslang Kloof located in the Soutpansberg Mountains. It is here, the mysterious forest of Thathe, surrounding Lake Fundudzi, that Izula hopes to find the malevolent witch doctor she believes is controlling the Impundulu. The trail leads them a hidden city now ruled by a sadistic Portuguese trader. To free the enslaved populace and defeat him, Quatermain and his companions will have to confront an evil as old as time itself. Here is H. Rider Haggard's most famous pulp hero in a brand new, action-packed novel that will have pulp fans cheering.

DEATH IN ZULULANDWhen all the villagers of several veldt kraals mysteriously go missing, Allan Quatermain finds himself embroiled in one of his most baffling African adventures. Whispers among the Zulus claim weird beast men, half-human and half-cat, are responsible for the abductions. Quatermain and his companion Mnqoba begin their investigation skeptical of the rumors but at the same time baffled by the unexplained disappearances of so many so quickly.Their mission leads them to a ranch owned by British Doctor Emerson Blake and his late partner's beautiful widow, Emma. Both scoff at the stories of the beast men and do their best to convince the famous hunter that there must be a logical explanation. Quatermain is almost won over when, after a new attack by the creatures, Mnqoba is counted among the missing. Now he must confront the reality; someone or something has brought death to Zululand?Writer Wayne Carey whips up a thrilling old-fashioned adventure yarn featuring one of the most endearing heroes in all of literature. "Allan Quatermain & the Beast Men," is pure pulp action from start to finish.