MYSTERY OF THE MIDNIGHT SOLDIERS
By Darryle Purcell
A Buckskin Edition Western
181 pgs
In this latest outing, Monogram’s three amigos, Press Writer Curly Woods, chauffeur Nick Danby and western screen star Hoot Gibson are recruited by FBI Agent Jim Webber to investigate a senior facility for veterans located in the mountains. Webber suspects foreign agents are using the place to smuggle weapons intended for subversive Communist regimes around the world.
Upon arriving at the facility, the boys discover that the doctor in charge is using a potent hallucinogenic gas to induce realistic nightmares on the residents. These scenarios having been culled from their combat experiences. His belief is by reliving their worst memories, the old patriots will be able to expunge them completely. Thus our heroes find themselves dealing with horrific midnight attacks by Nazis, Japanese soldiers and other past foes.
They soon stumble upon a cache of hidden weapons only to be cut off by a violent mountain storm that washes out the only road to the home. At the same time, the saboteurs working at the retreat cut the phone lines thus starting an all-out assault on the residents and our heroes. Soon it’s a full-on battle, with Curly, Nick and Hoot in the middle of it. But can they hold out until the cavalry can come to rescue?
Once again Darryle Purcell offers up a fast pace, fun actioner with some of the most likeable characters in pulp fiction today. This series is literary popcorn, once you’re read one of them, you have to go back and read them all.
