The Golden Serpent by Manning Lee Stokes

The Golden Serpent

by Manning Lee Stokes

A master plot to flood the U.S. economy with millions of counterfeit money

Armed with only a suicide pill, Nick Carter slips south of the border on a mission to stop the ruin of America's economy by a clever diabolical Chinese plot.

Take a Mexican political party that demands the territorial return of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

Add a Chinese paper factory exporting a fine engraver's five dollar portrait of Abe Lincoln.

Stir with a countess who's made a fortune in cosmetics and is running a strange little kingdom deep in the Mexican jungle.

Mix in the CIA and AXE, prickling each other's sensitivities while the nation and the highest men in government are stumped to stop the ruin of the American economy.

Suddenly the meeting between the CIA and Mr Hawk, the ingredients are mixed together into a little pill handed to Nick Carter. The instructions were very clear, straighten things out or swallow the deadly pill.

Printing History

 Written by Manning Lee Stokes (1911-1976)

Universal Publishing and Distributing Corp

Award Books

1st Printing (A 216F ) 1967

2nd Printing (A 386X) 1968

3rd Printing (A 642X) 1970

4th Printing (A 929S) 1972

5th Printing (AN 1102) 1973

6th Printing (AN 1102) 1974

Grenada Publishing Limited

Mayflower Books

Mayflower Printing (2987-8) 1967

Mayflower Reprint (583 11411 3 2) 1969

Mayflower Reprint (583 11411 3 2) 1970 (2)

Mayflower Reprint (583 11411 3 3) 1974

Charter Communications Inc

Charter Books

ISBN 441 29736-6 

August 1979