The Box from Japan Author:Harry Stephen Keeler Complete In One Volume! The year is 1942-the near future. We now have 13 months per year, the world is coming to rely on giant saguaro cacti from Mexico for food, 3-D television is almost a reality, and wouldn't you know it? Japan, Germany and (gasp!) Mexico are scheming to take over the world. And their plans involve the now defunct Panama ... more »Canal and a new canal through Nicaragua. And there's something about an unusual blue dye from ancient China that fits into this incredible scheme somewhere. With a premise like this, it's got to be the longest and most convoluted webwork mystery ever written. And Harry wrote it in 1932! It has a great cover by Gavin O'Keefe.« less