num_pages: 136
description: If Lars Marlin had three wishes two have already been he has escaped from Devils Island  and he has come face to face with the man who put him therePaco Corvino. But the third wishputting a bullet in Corvinowill have to wait. Theyre off to sea and not since Fletcher Christian and Captain Bligh set sail on the Bounty have two more heated enemies been in the same boat. Corvino is a convict con-man and killer who has schemed his way into a position as chief steward on a luxury yacht sailing out of Rio de Janeiro. And in a twist as devious as it is diabolical hes managed to install Larshis hated rivalas captain of the very same vessel. And there are even darker twists to come. Lars is determined to find out what Corvino has up his sleeve  and what killer cargo hes hiding on board. But the yacht owners daughter proves to be a beautifuland dangerousdistraction. Will Lars be safe in her arms  or is she part of Corvinos plota deadly trap set with honey? Like several leading writers of the day L. Ron Hubbard was invited to Hollywood to write scripts where his superior talent and productivity attracted numerous lucrative offers from the studios. But as he wrote in a letter to the editor of Argosy magazine in August 1937: I love to tie a yarn and try to make it blaze in print. The mags will never lose me to the movies. Never at any salary! And as Argosy gleefully responded in its Next to exorcise the Hollywood virus from his veins was L. Ron Hubbard  he has set to work to give Argosy some more of his rousing yarns. The first Cargo of Coffins is due to appear in the November 13th issue and a serial is likely to follow.
language: English
title: Cargo of Coffins
publisher: Galaxy Press