The Trail of the Red Diamonds: Golden Age Stories

For centuries the elusive red diamond has captured man’s imagination. The rarest gemstone in the world, less than twenty-five red diamonds are known to exist. They seldom go on sale, and when they do the price-tag is always staggering and numbering many millions of dollars. And the red diamond’s beauty is as staggering as its value. With a sparkle sharper even than a ruby, its blood red color has a cataclysmic effect when light strikes its surface. Diamonds have always been coveted for their value and beauty, but a red diamond is the stuff of legend. Diamonds have inspired stories and legends for centuries, and for one writer working during the Depression they served as the inspiration for an action-packed pulp tale. L. Ron Hubbard’s The Trail of the Red Diamonds was originally published in Thrilling Adventures magazine in 1935. In this exciting tale Lt. Jonathan Daly comes across a reference to red diamonds while translating passages from Marco Polo’s Travels. Daly sets out on a spellbinding adventure into China. Diamonds, being a mineral form of carbon, will last forever. Diamonds are the hardest substance known to man. The pulps magazines derived their name from the wood pulp paper they were printed on and over the decades have suffered the ravages of time. Their entertainment value and their literary importance are assured which makes the Galaxy Press reprints a valuable addition to your home library. These are stories that sparkle with the luster of a diamond. And like the red diamonds that have enticed Lt. Jonathan Daly readers will find a wealth of riches in L. Ron Hubbard’s The Trail of the Red Diamonds that glitter “like the sun through red-stained quartz.”