Our hero, Alec, is an ugly, rifle-wielding thief, in love. Seeking secretly to preserve another from danger, he foils a guilty plotter and defeats a subtle plot. Setting: traveling cross-country A

Our hero, Melvin, is talented tradesman. Becoming involved in a puzzling complication that has to do with an object possessing mysterious powers in Chinatown, he rescues his integrity from a serious

Our hero, Adrien, is a superbly fit, benevolent expert, influenced by an obligation. Meeting with misfortune and being cast away in a primitive, isolated and savage environment, he makes the supreme sacrifice

Our hero, Jaziel, is a clumsy, subtle pilot, of ideals. Embarking upon an enterprise in which one obligation is opposed by another obligation, he emerges from a trying ordeal with sorely garnered wisdom.

Our hero, Derek, is a superbly fit, benevolent expert, influenced by the occult and the mysterious. Finding a sustaining power in misfortune, he achieves a complete and permanent character transformation.