
A man awakens in a murky swamp with nothing but a vague sense that something deadly is looming. He cannot recall his name, his past, or why he was left in the mire, only that a danger waits just out of reach. Around a crackling fire sit four ragged strangers who call him Crusader, a name that feels as foreign as his own memories. Their quiet conversation hints at a long‑ago chase and a hidden threat that the newcomer cannot yet name.
The group—Angel, a broad‑shouldered survivor, and the sharp‑eyed Professor, among others—tend to his needs, sharing a mysterious stew that seems to stir his mind. As he slowly regains fragments of his former life, he discovers an unsettling ability to perform small miracles, raising both hope and suspicion. Listeners are drawn into the tension between forgotten past and imminent peril, wondering what the true danger is and whether his emerging powers will be enough to confront it.
Language
en
Duration
~35 minutes (33K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
United States: Future Publications, Inc.,1953.
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
2022-08-15
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1906–1980
A scientist by training and a storyteller by instinct, this mid-20th-century writer moved easily between science fiction magazines, comic books, and popular science. His work blended brisk adventure with a real curiosity about science, helping him build a career that stretched across several corners of American pulp culture.
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