By Charles Willard Diffin

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE

CHAPTER I

A Man Named Smith

CHAPTER II

Gold!

CHAPTER III

Red Drops

CHAPTER IV

The Light in the Crater

CHAPTER V

The Attack

CHAPTER VI

Into the Crater

CHAPTER VII

The Ring

CHAPTER VIII

The Darkness

CHAPTER IX

A Subterranean World

CHAPTER X

Plumb Loco

CHAPTER XI

The White-Hot Pit

CHAPTER XII

Dreams

CHAPTER XIII " N-73 Clear! "

CHAPTER XIV

Emergency Order

CHAPTER XV

The Lake of Fire

CHAPTER XVI

The Metal Shell

CHAPTER XVII

Gor

CHAPTER XVIII

The Dance of Death

CHAPTER XIX

The Voice of the Mountain

CHAPTER XX

Taloned Hands

CHAPTER XXI

Suicide?

CHAPTER XXII

The Red-Flowering Vine

CHAPTER XXIII

Oro and Grah

CHAPTER XXIV

The Bargain

CHAPTER XXV

Smithy

CHAPTER XXVI

Power!

Transcriber's Note:

This etext was produced from Astounding Stories June, September, November 1932, January 1933. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

The Table of Contents is not part of the original magazines.