Book description
In that hidden valley, land of strangely forbidding beauty, Eric
Nelson, soldier of fortune, faced a battle weirder and more savage than
any he had ever fought. He was hired to fight for humanity, against
beings that seemed to be both more and less than human.
The weapons of the enemy included centuries-old powers of magic and
superstition . . . but Nelson fought grimly, even when his mind was
helplessly trapped in the body of a wolf. Then came the climactic test
of his allegiance, the knowledge that more than just humanity was at
stake . . . and the final mind-shattering discovery of an alien secret
that lay buried in the Cavern of Creation! Edmond Hamilton (1904-1977)
Born in Youngstown, Ohio, Edmond Hamilton was raised there and in
nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania. He was something of a child prodigy,
graduating from high school and undertaking his college education at
Westminster College at the young age of 14; he dropped out aged 17. A
popular science fiction writer in the mid-twentieth century, Hamilton's
career began with the publication of his short story 'The Monster God of
Mamurth' in the August 1926 issue of Weird Tales
. After the war, he wrote for DC Comics, producing stories for Batman,
Superman and The Legion of Superheroes. Ultimately, though, he was
associated with an extravagant, romantic, high-adventure style of SF,
perhaps best represented by his 1947 novel The Star Kings
. He was married to fellow SF writer Leigh Brackett from the end of 1946
until his death three decades later.
