Lester Dent Books in Order

As World War II nears its end, Hitler stages the assassination of a double and disappears. Doc Savage joins Allied agents in pursuing him, but the dictator may be hiding among the very people helping the search.

A kidnapping, a murder and a young woman fleeing danger draw Doc Savage into a conspiracy. Following their connections leads toward a group of strangely colored whales, whose significance he must discover to understand the criminals' plans.

Airline owner Chance Molloy boards a flight to confront the daughter of a corrupt senator who ruined his business plans. Attraction complicates his intentions, while the senator's men and a concealed corpse make the journey increasingly dangerous.

Doc Savage rescues a woman stranded in Alaska, only to find himself drawn into another mystery. A black box and a dead man take the investigation to Manhattan, where he must discover how the clues connect.

Criminals seize a submarine and use it to capture American naval vessels. Doc Savage confronts the modern pirates, whose control of the sea turns his effort to stop their attacks into a dangerous struggle for survival.

Doc Savage is trapped in a scheme to steal millions, leaving him unable to take control of the investigation himself. His companions must uncover what the criminals have arranged and rescue him before the plot turns fatal.

Scientists at an isolated archaeological site in Arizona die from a terrifying heat attack. Doc Savage's companions investigate a mummified hand linked to an angry god, seeking the truth behind what appears to be a deadly ancient curse.

Doc Savage's crew travels toward the South Seas to stop a criminal selling an atomic bomb. Their mission becomes a fight for survival when the man hijacks their aircraft, threatening both the expedition and a wider peace.

Doc Savage investigates the elusive Jones, whose identity remains uncertain even as danger closes around him. Finding out who is behind the mystery becomes urgent when a murder accusation threatens to turn Doc himself into the hunted man.

A strange car and the lingering scent of gardenias provide clues to a kidnapping. Doc Savage follows them into the criminal underworld, trying to locate the missing woman before the people holding her can silence the investigation.

Doc Savage hopes for a quiet holiday, but a woman with remarkable luck draws him into another mystery. Poisoned bourbon and a man apparently dying repeatedly turn his vacation into an investigation of impossible events and real danger.

A fanatic threatens to unleash war in the Middle East by mobilizing his followers. Doc Savage and his companions search for the man before he gives the order, facing a mission whose failure could trigger a far wider conflict.

Airline owner Chance Molloy meets Julie Edwards on a train while investigating a failed business deal. When their accounts of a mutual friend conflict and an assassin attacks Julie, he must expose a conspiracy before the journey ends.

A strange glow appears in a night sky without a moon, drawing Doc Savage into a dangerous investigation. Discovering its source reveals a scientific threat whose destructive potential demands action before it can be turned against others.

Doc Savage's vacation is interrupted by a sudden death and a dangerous proposed transaction. He must uncover what is being traded and stop a scheme involving stolen nuclear secrets before American cities face the threat of destruction.

A strange letter puts Lieutenant Sally Trent in danger and sends Doc Savage to Honolulu. He must discover why she has become a target and trace the threat before those pursuing her can carry out their plans.

Murders connected to a rented ape costume draw Doc Savage and his crew into an unlikely mystery. Behind the shabby disguise lies a valuable scientific discovery, and criminals are willing to kill to gain control of it.

A young man's body is discovered in a beauty parlor, drawing Pat Savage into a dangerous investigation. Her search through strange clues entangles her cousin Doc in a criminal plot that threatens them both before its purpose becomes clear.

Doc Savage travels in disguise to Shanghai after Long Tom disappears while investigating a Soviet plot. A powerful woman in the criminal underworld may hold the answers, while a threat moving toward America makes the search increasingly urgent.

An apparently demonic creature threatens Doc Savage, drawing him into an investigation of occult forces. He must determine what lies behind the seeming supernatural menace before the encounter puts an end to his work and his life.

Doc Savage pursues two million dollars in diamonds into a jungle where criminals and local threats surround him. A seemingly alluring woman carries murderous intentions of her own, making the hunt for the fortune a struggle to identify whom he can trust.

An eccentric young millionaire begins predicting the future with startling accuracy after returning from Cormoral. Doc Savage investigates the source and purpose of the ability, but urgency grows when the man's next prediction concerns Doc's own death.

Strange visitors with extraordinary powers draw Doc Savage and his companions toward a hidden fortress in the Andes. Captured by people who worship a mysterious green stone, they must understand its influence before they can regain their freedom.

A shipwrecked man, an unexplained cavern, and a stranger terrified of fire pull Doc Savage into a disturbing investigation. Claims of a journey to hell challenge his usual search for rational explanations as the mystery grows increasingly difficult to unravel.

Yacht designer Sarah Lineyack plans to take back the son her wealthy in-laws stole after her husband's death. With little money or influence, she turns to the formidable Captain Most, whose seafaring skills offer a chance to reunite her family.

College football player Johnny Marks has lived under false names without understanding his family's secrets. After his uncle is murdered and a bookmaker complicates his college life, Johnny pursues dangerous acquaintances who may explain the past he has been fleeing.

After a man who exposed a food-pricing racket dies in a suspicious crash, his sister and brother-in-law seek the truth. When Gabriella disappears, her husband Loneman must navigate powerful interests and government secrets without trusting the official investigation.

Two novellas follow desperate men accepting dangerous jobs during the Depression. Hades sends bodyguards into a film producer's bizarre claims and a murder frame-up, while Hocus Pocus has traveling magicians investigate evangelists whose apparent mind-reading hides uncertain motives.

Doc Savage secretly enters Moscow to investigate a dangerous military secret. Soviet adversaries threaten the mission, but an underground resistance woman introduces another risk, forcing him to navigate uncertain loyalties while trying to uncover what the authorities conceal.

Gadget detective Lynn Lash investigates a blinding ray and the agents of a foreign power connected to it. His scientific approach to detection becomes essential as an unusual weapon turns a criminal inquiry into a confrontation with international intrigue.

Airships carry spies, pirates, detectives, and threatened travelers through five early Lester Dent adventures. Restored manuscript material accompanies stories of stolen dirigibles, Arctic danger, wartime intrigue, and enormous criminal schemes, revealing his pulp imagination before the creation of Doc Savage.

Lester Dent’s long-unavailable radio scripts return Doc Savage to a world of mysterious threats and extraordinary adventures. Gathered in one volume, these original scripts reveal another side of the scientist and adventurer through stories written by his creator.

Eight aviation adventures follow danger through the skies in stories by Doc Savage’s creator. This collection gathers Dent’s published air-adventure fiction, pairing long-unavailable tales with an introduction and background materials drawn from his papers, outlines, and submission notes.

Lester Dent’s Western Trails fiction and nonfiction bring his early pulp career into focus through frontier adventures, articles, and reader correspondence. This collection gathers eighteen magazine pieces alongside an additional story written for the publication but never printed there.

Small-time con artist Walter Harsh is recruited into a scheme to impersonate a South American dictator. The promised embezzlement draws him and his girlfriend into a network of political intrigue, corrupt accomplices, and dangers far beyond their ordinary scams.

Eleven stories combine aerial combat, mystery, and adventure against the backdrop of World War I. Gathering Dent’s published air-war fiction for its first book appearance, the collection includes historical context and materials from the author’s outlines and personal papers.

Gadget-wielding detective Lee Nace tackles mysteries and fights criminals in five adventures first published in Ten Detective Aces. Restored passages and Dent’s character notes accompany the complete Blond Adder series, returning long-unavailable stories to view alongside a historical introduction.

Curt Flagg faces dangerous adventures in early pulp stories that anticipate elements of Doc Savage. Collected from Scotland Yard magazine, these tales are accompanied by background material, outlines, correspondence, and photographs that illuminate Dent’s development of his first major series hero.

Scientific detective Lynn Lash confronts threats beyond the police’s abilities, while tabloid investigator Foster Fade pursues bizarre crimes with ingenious gadgets. This collection brings together both characters’ complete adventures, including rare material, revealing early predecessors to Dent’s Doc Savage.

Bodies buried beneath freshly paved streets, a Hollywood killing spree, and an invisible invading force confront investigators with seemingly impossible crimes. Six early detective novellas by Lester Dent combine hardboiled mysteries with the unsettling threats of weird pulp fiction.

Raised in the Arctic on seal meat and encyclopedias, a red-bearded young giant named Jones enters civilization seeking wisdom and adventure. His unusual upbringing makes the encounter anything but ordinary, as knowledge gained from books meets the unpredictable realities of society.