If Figg wants to destroy Jonathan for having killed his wife, Poe must destroy the black magician in order to save Rachel Coltman, the woman he loves. Figg carries with him a letter of introduction from Charles Dickens to Edgar Allan Poe, the brilliant and tortured genius whose intellect and genius outrun his common sense.Īgainst the background of New York in the 1840s, a city of open sewers, Poe and Figg begin a perilous mission to find and destroy Jonathan before he can achieve his goal of controlling Lucifer and thereby change the destiny of the world. Pursuing him is Pierce James Figg, a bare-knuckle fighter and teacher of sword and knife fighting, whose wife Jonathan has seduced and brutally murdered and who is responsible for the death of his son. His search leads him to New York, a city of slums and death. Olden continued writing for the next three decades, often drawing on his fascination with Japanese culture and history.In Victorian London, the black magician and spiritualist Jonathan seeks out the Throne of Solomon which will grant him immortality and dominion over Lucifer, Asmodeus and all the demons of the upper air. Based on Olden’s own interest in martial arts, which led him to the advanced ranks of karate and aikido, the novel spawned a successful eight-book series. In 1973 he also published Narc, under the name Robert Hawke, beginning a hard-boiled nine-book series about a federal narcotics agent.Ī year later, Black Samurai introduced Robert Sand, a martial arts expert who becomes the first non-Japanese student of a samurai master. His first book, Angela Davis (1973), was a nonfiction study of the controversial Black Panther. Born in Baltimore, he began writing while working in New York as a Broadway publicist. Olden continued writing for the next three decades, often drawin Marc Olden (1933–2003) was the author of forty mystery and suspense novels.
A year later, Black Samurai introduced Robert Sand, a martial arts expert who becomes the first non-Japanese student of a samurai master. In 1973 he also published Narc, under the name Robert Hawke, beginning a hard-boiled nine-book series about a federal narcotics agent.
Marc Olden (1933–2003) was the author of forty mystery and suspense novels.
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