Project Gutenberg 2025-01-26 Public domain in the USA. 196 Kuttner, Henry 1915 1958 Liddell, C. H. Smith, Woodrow Wilson Hammond, Keith Hastings, Hudson Secret of the Earth Star $aUnited States :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1942. Produced from Amazing Stories August 1942. Alex White, Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan & the online Distributed Proofreaders Canada team at https://www.pgdpcanada.net "Secret of the Earth Star" by Henry Kuttner is a science fiction novel written in the early 1940s. The story revolves around a precious gem known as the Earth Star, which is entwined with themes of danger, intrigue, and identity as characters navigate their roles in a complex plot involving crime and power. The narrative introduces multiple characters, including Seth Martell and his sons, who become embroiled in the machinations surrounding the gem, which has implications beyond mere wealth. At the start of the novel, the setting shifts between a luxurious business meeting in India and the subsequent chaos caused by the theft of the Earth Star. The characters include a Rajah who is desperate to acquire the jewel, a masked intruder known as the Merlin, and Seth Martell, a prominent figure entangled in a quest for justice amidst potential betrayal from within his own family. As tensions escalate, the story hints at deeper conflicts that intertwine personal motivations with broader geopolitical ambitions, paving the way for thrilling developments in the subterranean mysteries of Alu. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250120085817kuttner 1942 US Reading ease score: 86.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Adventure stories Brothers -- Fiction Jewel thieves -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Crime, Thrillers and Mystery Category: Novels 169529 2025-07-29T15:34:44.525787 text/html 147256 2025-01-26T19:15:51 text/html 568309 2025-07-29T15:34:49.049732 application/epub+zip 570828 2025-07-29T15:34:45.967762 application/epub+zip 200642 2025-07-29T15:34:45.101797 application/epub+zip 933167 2025-07-29T15:34:51.588773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 919442 2025-07-29T15:34:48.236771 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145199 2025-07-29T15:34:44.180792 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 125351 2025-01-26T19:15:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16767 2025-07-29T15:34:51.730732 application/rdf+xml 32308 2025-07-29T15:34:45.477793 image/jpeg 5514 2025-07-29T15:34:45.305795 image/jpeg 1163084 2025-07-29T15:34:44.558800 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia