The radium pool

audiobook

The radium pool

by Ed Earl Repp

EN·~4 hours

Chapters

Description

Beneath the scarlet‑tinged dunes of the Manalava Plains lies a hidden world that most explorers never even imagine exists. In a gem‑studded cavern, a luminous pool of iridescent material pulses with an otherworldly glow, its surface guarded by strange, alien sentinels. The stark beauty of this secret realm is matched only by the whisper of danger that seems to echo from its depths.

Two determined men are dispatched into this forbidding landscape, driven by the desperate search for a young woman who vanished without a trace. As they follow the faint, shadowy trail, they encounter the eerie Jovians—beings from a distant planet who have claimed the cavern as their own. Their presence turns the expedition into a tense dance between curiosity and peril, as the explorers must decide whether to trust the silent warnings that linger in the air or press onward for the promise of the pool’s mysterious power.

The story weaves a classic adventure of discovery with a haunting sense of the unknown, inviting listeners to wander through a desert of secrets where every step could unveil wonder—or doom.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~4 hours (249K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Fantasy Publishing Co. Inc., 1929, copyright 1930, copyright 1945, copyright 1949.

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)

Release date

2023-07-05

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Ed Earl Repp

Ed Earl Repp

1900–1979

A prolific pulp-era storyteller, this American writer moved easily between science fiction adventures, western tales, and screenwriting for B-movies. His career captures the fast, colorful energy of early 20th-century popular fiction.

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