While we continue to seek out the perfect submission from modern Australian SF writers, we’d thought we’d make some older works by Australian authors more widely available. Guy Boothby was a popular writer back at the turn of the century. Born in Australia, he died relatively young in England, but not before he had produced some 50 novels.

A Bid for Fortune is the first of five of Boothby’s novels featuring Dr. Nikola, a mysterious figure with a villainous streak and occultist interests. In this novel, he is introduced as the shadowy mastermind of a plot against an upstanding Australian family, a plot that furthers his ever-present quest for immortality. The hero, Richard Hatteras, seeks to thwart Nikola’s dastardly plans at every turn, but is stymied by the calm, clever Nikola.

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