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Title: The Flaming Mountain

Author: Harold Leland Goodwin

Release Date: April 18, 2010 [EBook #32038]

Language: English

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THE FLAMING MOUNTAIN

A RICK BRANT SCIENCE-ADVENTURE STORY

BY JOHN BLAINE

GROSSET & DUNLAP PUBLISHERS
NEW YORK, N. Y.
1962

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

_Printed in the United States of America_

[Illustration: _Rick swung the Sky Wagon onto a northward course that
would take them past the volcano_]

_THE FLAMING MOUNTAIN_

Rock, melting like butter on a hot stove! It is hard to believe,
but that is what happens on San Luz, a small island off the coast
of South America. When Rick Brant and his pal Dan Scott fly to the
famous resort island to join Rick's father, head of the Spindrift
Scientific Foundation, a seemingly inactive volcano is about to
explode in an eruption which could easily blow San Luz off the map.

The immediate threat is to a small town at the foot of the volcano,
where the air reeks with the fumes of hydrogen sulfide and sulfur
dioxide, and it is here that Rick and Scotty help Dr. Brant and his
scientist associates set up headquarters, in the hope of finding a
way of controlling an eruption that is growing into a certainty
with fantastic speed.

But their efforts to save the island town are hindered by the
superior forces of nature, the superstitious fatalism of the
people--and sabotage!

With the earth opening up all around them, Rick, Scotty, and the
scientists have little hope of preventing a catastrophe, until a
decision is made to unleash the awesome power of atomic energy in a
desperate last attempt to fight the volcanic eruption.

Jam-packed with excitement and swift, tense action, _The Flaming