The Eye of Balamok

The Eye of Balamok (1920) – Dying of thirst in the Great Victoria Desert of Australia, a man finds a small hut built of stone next to a small fresh water spring. Inside the hut he finds a manuscript from an earlier traveler.

The Eye of Balamok – Over the rim of hell he went, wanderlust-driven into a land more strange than his mad dreams. . . .

Chapter I. Sand And Salt.

Chapter II. Introducing Sewell.

Chapter III. The Lure Of The M’Donnell Range.

Chapter IV. A Death In The Desert.

Chapter V. Water And A Woman.

Chapter VI. Priest And Princess.

Chapter VII. A Grain Of Treachery.

Part 2

Chapter VIII. On The March.

Chapter IX. The Last Word.

Chapter X. Queens In Council.

Chapter XI. Wallaby Whisperings.

Chapter XII. Ptuth Speaks.

Chapter XIII.Out Of The Serpent’s Mouth.

Chapter XIV. From A Balcony.

Part 3

Chapter XV. The Fall Of The Faithless.

Chapter XVI. Life And Death.

Chapter XVII. The Boost Of Thaxas.

Chapter XVIII. A Pyrrhic Victory.

Chapter XIX. A Little Hidden Dagger.

Chapter XX. The Eye Of Balamok.

Chapter XXI. The Prophecy Of Old.

Chapter XXII. Symbols.

The Eye of Balamok was written in 1920 and published as a three part serial novel in All-Story Weekly.