{"product_id":"2940011950117","title":"The Flaming Mountain: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story","description":"This ebook is complete with linked Table of Content making navigation quicker and easier.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Flaming Mountain - Rick and Scotty aid the Spindrift Foundation's mission to save an island from an active volcano.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRick Brant is the central character in a series of 24 adventure and mystery novels by John Blaine, a pseudonym for authors Harold L. Goodwin (all titles) and Peter J. Harkins (co-author of the first three). The series was published by Grosset \u0026amp; Dunlap between 1947 and 1968, with the previously unpublished title, The Magic Talisman printed in 1990 in a limited edition as the concluding #24.[1]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the series, teenaged Rick Brant and his ex-Marine pal, Don Scott [Scotty] live on Spindrift Island off the coast of New Jersey, where Rick's father, Hartson Brant, heads the Spindrift Foundation, a group of scientists. Rick and Scotty are involved in various adventures at home and abroad. Besides Hartson Brant, the recurring supporting characters in the series include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Barbara Brant (Barby), Rick's younger sister\u003cbr\u003e* Chahda, a resourceful youth from India\u003cbr\u003e* Janice Miller (Jan), daughter of Dr. Walter Miller, a Spindrift scientist, and Rick's girlfriend\u003cbr\u003e* Dismal [Diz], the Brant family dog\u003cbr\u003e* Steve Ames, an agent of \"JANIG\", the fictional Joint Army-Navy Intelligence Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVarious Spindrift scientists also appear several times:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e* Physicist Hobart Zircon.\u003cbr\u003e* Mathematician Julius Weiss\u003cbr\u003e* Cyberneticist Parnell Winston\u003cbr\u003e* Archaeologist Tony Briotti\u003cbr\u003e* Rocket designer John Gordon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Rick Brant series had a scientific tone (being bylined as \"Electronic Adventures\" or \"Science-Adventure Stories\" and finally \"SCIENCE Adventures\"). The science in the stories was realistic science, unlike the fantastic science of Tom Swift, Jr. ---From Wikipedia","brand":"Spastic Cat Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068892561648,"sku":"2940011950117","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940011950117_p0.jpg?v=1763551963","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940011950117","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}