Now able to move more freely, he made short work of the left manacle it fell to the bottom of the tank with a heavy thunk. There was a barely audible click, and the manacle that fettered his right wrist was free. Even after performing this maneuver hundreds of times, there was still the possibility that he could drop the key and lose precious time, and even more precious oxygen. Holding it carefully between his outstretched thumb and index finger, he carefully inserted it into the lock on the heavy manacles that bound his wrists. Reaching inside the secret compartment in the floor of the tank-hidden from the audience by the riveted metal frame that held the thick glass of the tank in place-he produced a key. He had already been submerged for three minutes. The man inside the tank nodded and redoubled his efforts. Martin Beck held up three fingers to the man hanging upside down in a tank of water. ' If coming events are said to cast their shadows before, past events cannot fail to leave their impress behind them.' -Madam Helena Petrova Blavatsky (originally published in The Amazing Harry Houdini Volume 1 from Airship 27 Productions)

Robots Unleashed! Houdini and the Spear of Destiny James PalmerĪ Mechanoid Press Book Houdini and the Spear of Destiny Also included in this e-book is 'Houdini and the Grain of Truth,' a short essay on the genesis of this tale. This story was featured in Airship 27's The Amazing Harry Houdini volume 1. To find it and outwit Crowley, it will take every skill in Houdini's amazing bag of tricks!

Now the race is on for this potentially powerful artifact. While investigating a spiritualist medium, the daring duo encounter the infamous Aleister Crowley, who hopes to avoid a world-wide calamity by resting control of the legendary Spear of Destiny, which pierced Christ's side at the Crucifixion, and can give its owner power over the entire world! Harry Houdini-stage magician, spiritualist debunker, illusionist, pulp hero?īlurring the lines between history and fantasy comes 'Houdini and the Spear of Destiny', a tale of two-fisted pulp that teams the legendary magician with his real life friend Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, creator of Sherlock Holmes, for an action-packed tale of occult adventure.

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