The Magic Talisman

Rick Brant Science-Adventures #24

by John Blaine, Harold Leland Goodwin

Rick Brant and his friends solve a baffling mystery involving a disappearing magician.

247 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1989

About the author

"John Blaine" was a pseudonym of Harold Leland Goodwin and Peter J. Harkins.

Reviews

[Joseph Erhardt · Rating 3 out of 5]

After 23 novels of hard-nosed Spindrift science, the Spindrift scientists go woo. This was disappointing. Also, the mood of the story seemed to change in places, and in one spot I wondered if Rick was going to stumble on Scotty and Barby in flagrante delicto in the shadow of the rocket launcher.

Enjoyable but not at the level of the earlier volumes. If you're a collector, then of course this novel is a must-have.

[Kent Archie]

Decent RB story, it handled the ESP like elements as they would handle other mysteries.
But I prefer it when the series stays with harder science.
Good wrap-up ending for the series.