142f 03/48 The Pure Evil

Posted by on Mar 9, 2008 in 1948, bama, Bantam 133-144, cartier, novel, pulp, rosmond | 1 comment

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Suddenly, a creature of pure evil has materialized in our world! Can Doc dive into the mysterious land of the occult to confront a demon — before the demon ends his brilliant career?

The Bantam cover of this novel reuses a part of the artwork from the Bantam edition of “The Green Death.”


  • http://www.howardhopkins.com Howard

    This is a pretty suspensful post war entry, maybe a little overwrought but a fun couple hours’ read. As with many of these later Docs the explanation tended to fizzle after a big build-up but Lester Dents prose had become very slick and smooth by this time, a pleaure to read.