Golden Hell: Golden Age Stories
Written by L. Ron Hubbard
Narrated by R.F. Daley, Tait Ruppert, Owen Sun and
4/5
()
About this audiobook
A blind obsession. A driving ambition. A relentless, unrestrained, single-minded pursuit of a shiny metal. These are the symptoms of a condition known as gold fever, and American mining engineer Captain Humbert Reynolds has got it bad. Possible side effects include: temporary insanity, a propensity for violence and death.
The search for gold has taken Reynolds from the ruins of the Yucatan to the mountains of Ecuador to the wilderness of northern Canada. Now, his search for a yellow brick bonanza has brought him halfway around the world, to the Gobi desert.
But the lure of the precious metal is about to lead Reynolds into a Golden Hell, as he plunges into an inferno—a mountain of horrors run by an unspeakably evil gang. And if he doesn't find a way out, a path to redemption, he may find that instead of snatching the ultimate prize he will have to pay the ultimate price.
Also includes the adventure, Pearl Pirate, a story of betrayal and deceit in which an American captain loses his ship to a money-lender, and the only way to get it back is to outfight and outfox a ruthless pirate and bring home a fortune in black pearls.
L. Ron Hubbard
With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most enduring and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard. Then too, of course, there is all L. Ron Hubbard represents as the Founder of Dianetics and Scientology and thus the only major religion born in the 20th century.
More audiobooks from L. Ron Hubbard
The Problems of Work Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Dianetics: The Original Thesis Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Battlefield Earth (Abridged): A Saga of the Year 3000 Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ole Doc Methuselah Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Final Blackout Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fear Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Under the Black Ensign Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spy Killer Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Dive Bomber Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Great Secret Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5To the Stars Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Iron Duke: A Novel of Rogues, Romance, and Royal Con Games in 1930s Europe Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Branded Outlaw Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dead Men Kill: A Murder Mystery of Wealth, Power, and the Living Dead Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Very Strange Trip Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related to Golden Hell
Related audiobooks
Destiny's Drum: Golden Age Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Trail of the Red Diamonds: Golden Age Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5If I Die...: A True Story of Obsessive Love, Uncontrollable Greed, and Murder Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Songs of a Sourdough (Unabridged) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Gold Hunters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Slim Hardy Mystery Series Books 1-3 Boxed Set Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead: Golden Age Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Instruments of Death Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Sacred Spoils Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Treasure in Hell's Canyon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsKilling Goldfinger: The Secret, Bullet-Riddled Life and Death of Britain's Gangster Number One Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mountains of the Mind: Adventures in Reaching the Summit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gold Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsColorado Gold Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Deluge Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Treasure Island (version 2) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Eulalia! Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Second Messiah: A Thriller Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Blood and Honor (1 of 2) [Dramatized Adaptation] Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Forbidden Gold: An Adventure in Love and Money and the Desire for More Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Impossible Owls: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Marvelous Land of Oz Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dead Man's Hand: An Anthology of the Weird West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Rainbow Trail Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Vault: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ai! Pedrito!: When Intelligence Goes Wrong Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Castlecourt Diamond Mystery Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Action & Adventure Fiction For You
SILO (Book 1) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Count of Monte Cristo Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Hobbit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Untraceable Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Grace of Kings Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Red Rising Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Closed and Common Orbit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5V for Vendetta Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Roverandom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Around the World in 80 Days: Classic Tales Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Strain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5T. H. Elkman: A Western Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Golden Son Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bow Before the Elf Queen: The Elf Queen Book 1 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Neverwhere Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Dragon Teeth: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Have We Done: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hench: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Hide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5American Gods: The Tenth Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Happiness for Beginners: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Record of a Spaceborn Few Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Swamp Story: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Leaf on the Wind of All Hallows Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Water Keeper Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Djinn City Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for Golden Hell
6 ratings1 review
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5For this 1936 submission to "Thrilling Adventures" magazine, L. Ron Hubbard wisely chose a first person narrative to recount the adventures of Captain Humbert Reynolds. The authoritative first person voice is handled with Hubbard's uncanny skill. Here is a writer who can set the scene, introduce characters, and elevate the suspense level with but a few strokes of his typewriter. And as usual the pacing is relentless. From the first paragraph Humbert Reynolds makes it clear he went through hell. His tribulations nearly cost him his life and he will forever be a changed man because of his experiences. Gold fever propels Reynolds to the Gobi desert where he's captured by bandits and sentenced to a short life as a slave in the gold mines beneath the treacherous mountains. Gritty, brutal and unforgiving, Hubbard paints a portrait of a man driven by greed who learns all too quickly how merciless can be life. For Humbert Reynolds it will take all of his determination to survive a captivity in this golden hell. This edition also includes the short story "The Pearl Pirate" which should thrill fans of these classic hardboiled pulp stories.