The Scarlet Lake Mystery, John Blaine
The Scarlet Lake Mystery, John Blaine
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The Scarlet Lake Mystery
A Rick Brant Science Adventure

Author: John Blaine

Narrator: J.J. Campanella

Unabridged: 4 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/28/2025

Synopsis

The Mystery of Scarlet Lake, the 13th Rick Brant novel, was published in 1958. In this thrilling story Rick and Scotty go to work on a project at a secret experimental rocket installation in Nevada with Spindrift Island scientist Dr. John Gordon in order to help stop the sabotage that has been plaguing the project. Only two men at the base know their real mission: to track down the saboteur who calls himself Homo Terrestrialis : “The Earthman”. Excitement and peril follow the young men as they travel to pre-Rat Pack Las Vegas and begin their search, from an isolated radar-tracking station to an abandoned desert mining town, trying to find the clues to solve the Scarlet Lake mystery. The story accurately portrays the first giant rockets that probed the borders of space and provides accurate, authentic scientific background for this breath-taking adventure. We hope that you will enjoy this YA adventure mystery novel.

About J.J. Campanella

J.J. Campanella resides in New Jersey with his wife and teen children. He is a full-time professor of genetics and part-time book narrator of more than 80 novels. He has over 40 scientific publications to his credit, almost 2000 citations, and is the author of the first Eddy Bratenahl novel A Sum of Destructions and the controversial novella, Ex Sanctorum: the Full Armor of God. He is a former Sofanaut Award winner and shares the 2010 Hugo Award for the StarShipSofa Podcast. He holds 1st degree black belts in the Japanese swords arts of Muso Shinden-ryu and Shinto Hatakage-ryu and is a Tengu-Sho-level practitioner of Shinkage-ryu.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig on September 03, 2018

The Scarlet Lake Mystery is the thirteenth Rick Brant adventure, and is one of my favorites in the series. It was published in 1958, a most excellent year if I do say so myself. Rick and Scotty go to work on a project at an experimental rocket installation in Nevada with Dr. Gordon in order to try t......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on February 24, 2016

Definitely one of the more interesting Rick Brant adventures. The rocket described is very close to the much-later Space Shuttle, and the remote-control-from-ground aspect reminds me of the Russian Buran (itself modeled after the Space Shuttle). My favorite bit in the novel is where Rick explains to......more

Goodreads review by Kent on June 22, 2020

Excellent mystery and very exciting. Its been so long since I read this that almost nothing except Rick being in the rocket at launch seemed familiar. It was like reading the book for the first time. The bad guys were surprising and much more complex than most of these books.......more

Goodreads review by Rex on December 20, 2020

Rick and Scott head out west to help find out who is sabotaging some rocket testing. While doing so, Rick accidently gets locked inside a rocket and becomes the first person to go into space.......more

Goodreads review by Rhys on July 13, 2022

This is a Rick Brant adventure story. There is a thin mystery here, but the book is largely action. The book contains period writing that reflects gender stereotypes of the time. While not offensive to me, I did mark it down a star for that reason.......more

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