A review by twilliamson
The Land of Terror by Kenneth Robeson, Lester Dent

3.0

The Land of Terror isn't one of Dent's best Doc Savage novels, but it is certainly strange enough to warrant a reading. The story, involving pirate ships, dinosaurs, prehistoric beavers, a villain named Kar, and Kar's mysterious "Smoke of Eternity"--which has the power to dissolve any known matter save a rare metal substance--is about as insane as it sounds. True to form, Dent chooses to set the action of the first half of the novel in New York City before transferring the setting to the perilous Thunder Island, where evolution never took hold. It isn't smart, it isn't even surprising, it's exactly what you'd expect a Doc Savage novel to be.