Will Murray is the author of nearly 75 novels, including some 20 posthumous

Doc Savage collaborations with Lester Dent, and 40 books in the long-running Destroyer series. His year 2000 book, Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Empyre, foreshadowed the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Murray has penned several milestone crossover novels. He pitted Doc Savage against King Kong in Skull Island, and followed up with King Kong Vs. Tarzan. His 2015 Doc Savage novel, The Sinister Shadow, revived the famous radio and pulp mystery man. Murray reunited them for Empire of Doom. His first Spider novel, The Doom Legion, revives that famous crime buster, as well as James Christopher, AKA Operator 5, and the renowned G-8. Fury in Steel finds The Spider being hunted by the FBI's Suicide Squad. The Spider clashed with The Skull Killer and his Nemesis, the Scorpion, in Scourge of the Scorpion. Tarzan, Conquerer of Mars is another historic crossover, this time with John Carter of Mars.

For anthologies, Murray has written such iconic characters as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, The Hulk, The Avenger, The Green Hornet, The Grey Seal, Red Finger, John Silence, Honey West, Sherlock Holmes, Cthulhu, Dr. Herbert West, The Secret 6, Zorro, and Lee Falk's immortal Ghost Who Walks, The Phantom. A regular contributor to Belanger Books and MX Publishing Sherlock Holmes anthologies, he has penned more than 40 new tales. Ten of Murray's Holmes stories have been collected in The Wild Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. The Wild Adventures of Cthulhu reprints Murray's Cthulhu Mythos stories.

Track of the Trinoculus by Will Murray

Will Murray has won virtually every award presented by the pulp fiction community, The Lamont Award, the Pulp Factory Award, the Pulp Ark Award, and the Golden Lion Award, and is the creator of the Wild Adventures series of novels reviving Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Spider, Tarzan of the Apes, John Carter of Mars, Cthulhu, Sherlock Holmes and others.

In their first exciting adventure, Thora the Thunderer, Ravenwing and Bifrost brave the dangers of Yellowstone National Park to hunt a three-eyed monster called the Trinoculus—but how can they defeat a creature whose very nearness sucks the life out of any who approach it?

In the Track of the Trinoculus, the hunt for a mysterious and misshapen monster lurking in Yellowstone National Park begins. The hunters are the 3 Valkyries. Wearing magical masks that bestow upon them the powers of lightning, flight, and cold from the ancient Norse gods, the three young sisters take up the challenge of stopping the Trinoculus. But all who encounter the creature risk their very lives just by attacking it.…

From the author of Doc Savage, and the creator of Squirrel Girl!

CURATOR'S NOTE

•Here's a fresh new trio of heroines in the hands of a true grand master of the action-adventure genre. Murray, the author of countless novels starring Doc Savage, Tarzan, The Shadow, The Spider, and a host of other heroes, was born to write this pulse-pounding tale of Thora the Thunderer, Ravenwing, and Bifrost as they battle the vampiric beast known as the Trinoculus. After writing so many novels, plus mountains of short fiction and comics, Will is well equipped to breathe life into this exciting new superhero world. As co-creator of comic heroine Squirrel Girl (with Steve Ditko), Murray also knows just how and when to add humorous beats that keep us, like his protagonists, from letting the darkness and danger of the fray overwhelm us. When it comes to superheroic writers, Murray stands head and shoulders above the crowd, reigning over his own stratospheric realm. – Robert Jeschonek

 

REVIEWS

  • "As far as I know, this is the first story of a brand-new family of superheroes from Will Murray. This trio of metahumans with the guidance of their father investigate a puzzling monster mystery. I enjoyed the fresh characterizations and powers of the three strong women as well as the plot twists and satisfactory conclusion, which I will not reveal."

    – Reader review

  • "Reminds me of a mashup between the original X-Men and the Three Asgardians from Thor. Interesting inter-sibling interactions among the three sisters."

    – Reader review

  • "A brand new group of superheroes from Will Murray: Sisters who possess superpowers gifted to them by the Norse gods. Known as the 3 Valkyries, they use their powers to hunt a monster called the Trinoculus that prowls Yellowstone's scalding geysers."

    – Reader review
 

BOOK PREVIEW

Excerpt

HEART POUNDING, Britta Baldarus mentally prepared herself for danger.

The blonde-haired Thulian girl stepped up to the yawning cavern mouth, wearing only a bluish-silver titanium-mesh bodysuit with an emblematic numeral 3 on the belt buckle.

She paused. Ocean waves pounded against the rocky Maine coastline as she took a few moments to compose herself. Taking a deep breath, Britta closed her eyes. What would it be this time? she wondered. What dangers lay coiled, waiting to spring upon her, within the cave?

As ready as she would ever be, Britta opened her eyes. The impenetrable darkness seemed to stare back at her. She could almost imagine eyes floating in the shadowy, clotted surroundings.

She placed the ethereal crystal mask over her face. It adhered without apparent reason, molding perfectly to the soft flesh of her unblemished features. An opalescent gem embedded in the smooth forehead began to shine with a cool, eerie light.

A shift that she could not describe caused snow crystals to commence forming on the bare skin of her hands. And everywhere else. Her hair became a gossamer aura, like a myriad-stranded spiderweb coated in crystalline snow. Only her icy blue eyes remained unaltered. In a matter of seconds, Britta Baldarus frosted up, transforming into a teenaged girl seemingly composed of living snow. Bifrost of the 3 Valkyries, heir to the ancient power of the Frost Giants.

A mature male voice emanated from a concealed radio receiver sewn into the shoulder of her uniform.

"Britta," it rang out. "Remember that you face the unknown and the unexpected. Be prepared for both."

"Yes, Odin," returned Britta.

Somewhere in the darkness, a dim red light flared, signaling the start of the challenge. So Bifrost stepped forward, ready in mind and body.

The cavern was a rough gullet of granite, an unplumbable gulf. Britta was not fooled by its natural appearance as she padded cautiously on feet that made the sounds of hard-packed snow being stepped on. Every rude surface had the potential of cracking open or lifting up to expose a snare or weapon.

But no such eruptions came. Moments passed. Britta circled silently, icy eyes searching for the first hairline cracks that would warn of imminent peril.

All at once, the Cavern of the Norns came alive.