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Pat Wildman #2
The Scarlet Jaguar: The Memoirs of Pat Wildman, Volume 2
When we last saw Patricia Wildman, daughter of Doc Wildman, the bronze champion of justice, six months had passed since the main events of The Evil in Pemberley House. She and her associate Parker, an ex-Scotland Yard Inspector, had set up Empire State Investigations at her Pemberley House estate--and she just received a mysterious phone call from her supposedly late father . . .
Several months later, Pat receives a visitor, a young girl named Emma Ponsonby, whose father, a British diplomat to a small Central American country, has been kidnapped by the Scarlet Jaguar. Pat, following in her father's footsteps of righting wrongs and assisting those in need, agrees to help, but before they can set off on their quest the Scarlet Jaguar sends a gruesome warning.
Undeterred, the investigation takes Pat, Parker, and their young charge from Pemberley House in the Derbyshire countryside . . . To New York, where they battle agents of the Scarlet Jaguar and meet Pat's old friend, the icy, pale-skinned beauty Helen Benson, who agrees to join them on their quest . . . To the small nation of Xibum, where the Scarlet Jaguar's reign of uncanny assassinations threatens to expand to the rest of Central America--and beyond!
Now, it's a race against time deep in the wilds of the Central American jungle, as Pat Wildman and her crew search for Emma's father, and confront the Scarlet Jaguar's weird power to eliminate his enemies from afar, marked only by a wisp of crimson smoke--smoke resembling nothing so much as the head of a blood-red screaming jaguar. But who--or what--is the Scarlet Jaguar? A power-mad dictator determined to reclaim power? A revolutionary movement bent on taking over the country, and the rest of Central America?
Or a front for something even more sinister . . .?
Several months later, Pat receives a visitor, a young girl named Emma Ponsonby, whose father, a British diplomat to a small Central American country, has been kidnapped by the Scarlet Jaguar. Pat, following in her father's footsteps of righting wrongs and assisting those in need, agrees to help, but before they can set off on their quest the Scarlet Jaguar sends a gruesome warning.
Undeterred, the investigation takes Pat, Parker, and their young charge from Pemberley House in the Derbyshire countryside . . . To New York, where they battle agents of the Scarlet Jaguar and meet Pat's old friend, the icy, pale-skinned beauty Helen Benson, who agrees to join them on their quest . . . To the small nation of Xibum, where the Scarlet Jaguar's reign of uncanny assassinations threatens to expand to the rest of Central America--and beyond!
Now, it's a race against time deep in the wilds of the Central American jungle, as Pat Wildman and her crew search for Emma's father, and confront the Scarlet Jaguar's weird power to eliminate his enemies from afar, marked only by a wisp of crimson smoke--smoke resembling nothing so much as the head of a blood-red screaming jaguar. But who--or what--is the Scarlet Jaguar? A power-mad dictator determined to reclaim power? A revolutionary movement bent on taking over the country, and the rest of Central America?
Or a front for something even more sinister . . .?
- GenresPulp
136 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 1, 2013
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About the author
Win Scott Eckert
62 books88 followersWIN SCOTT ECKERT is a novelist, editor, essayist, and author of short fiction. He is steeped in the works of famed science fiction writer Philip José Farmer, particularly Farmer’s shared universe literary-crossover Wold Newton cycle and the Lord Grandrith/Doc Caliban series. He has a deep interest in studying fictional biographies, creating detailed chronologies of fictional characters and universes, and exploring the metafictional connections between seemingly unrelated works, which resulted in MYTHS FOR THE MODERN AGE: PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER’S WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE (MonkeyBrain Books), a 2007 Locus Awards finalist, and the critically acclaimed, encyclopedic CROSSOVERS: A SECRET CHRONOLOGY OF THE WORLD 1 & 2 (Black Coat Press, 2010).
Eckert is also an expert on many of the authors and characters who inspired Farmer—such as Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan, Pellucidar, John Carter of Mars, and more), the pulp heroes (Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Avenger, etc.), Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty, Ian Fleming’s James Bond, and Sax Rohmer’s Denis Nayland Smith, Fu Manchu, and Sumuru—as well as other heroic characters whose adventures Eckert has chronicled, including Zorro, Sexton Blake, the Phantom, Honey West, the Scarlet Pimpernel, the Domino Lady, and the Green Hornet, all of which can be found in the pages of anthologies from Moonstone Books, Meteor House (THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER), Black Coat Press (TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN), and Titan Books (TALES OF THE WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE).
An accomplished essayist, Eckert contributed a new foreword the 2006 edition of Farmer’s well-known fictional biography, TARZAN ALIVE: A DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF LORD GREYSTOKE (University of Nebraska/Bison Books), as well as several forewords and afterwords to Titan Books’ reissues of Farmer’s novels. As Executive Editor for Meteor House, he played a key role in reissuing definitive editions of Farmer’s fictional biography DOC SAVAGE: HIS APOCALYPTIC LIFE (2013), and Farmer’s authorized Burroughs novel, TARZAN AND THE DARK HEART OF TIME (2018).
Eckert is the authorized legacy author of Farmer's Patricia Wildman series (THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE, THE SCARLET JAGUAR). His latest releases are an authorized Avenger book from Moonstone, HUNT THE AVENGER (2019); an authorized novel in the new Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe, TARZAN: BATTLE FOR PELLUCIDAR (2020); and, as coauthor with Farmer, the fourth novel in Farmer's Secrets of the Nine series, THE MONSTER ON HOLD (2021), furthering the titanic saga of Doc Caliban's battle against the dark manipulators who hold the secret to eternal life, the Nine. His Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe novel KORAK AT THE EARTH'S CORE is forthcoming in April 2024.
Find him online at winscotteckert dot com
Eckert is also an expert on many of the authors and characters who inspired Farmer—such as Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan, Pellucidar, John Carter of Mars, and more), the pulp heroes (Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Avenger, etc.), Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes and Professor Moriarty, Ian Fleming’s James Bond, and Sax Rohmer’s Denis Nayland Smith, Fu Manchu, and Sumuru—as well as other heroic characters whose adventures Eckert has chronicled, including Zorro, Sexton Blake, the Phantom, Honey West, the Scarlet Pimpernel, the Domino Lady, and the Green Hornet, all of which can be found in the pages of anthologies from Moonstone Books, Meteor House (THE WORLDS OF PHILIP JOSÉ FARMER), Black Coat Press (TALES OF THE SHADOWMEN), and Titan Books (TALES OF THE WOLD NEWTON UNIVERSE).
An accomplished essayist, Eckert contributed a new foreword the 2006 edition of Farmer’s well-known fictional biography, TARZAN ALIVE: A DEFINITIVE BIOGRAPHY OF LORD GREYSTOKE (University of Nebraska/Bison Books), as well as several forewords and afterwords to Titan Books’ reissues of Farmer’s novels. As Executive Editor for Meteor House, he played a key role in reissuing definitive editions of Farmer’s fictional biography DOC SAVAGE: HIS APOCALYPTIC LIFE (2013), and Farmer’s authorized Burroughs novel, TARZAN AND THE DARK HEART OF TIME (2018).
Eckert is the authorized legacy author of Farmer's Patricia Wildman series (THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE, THE SCARLET JAGUAR). His latest releases are an authorized Avenger book from Moonstone, HUNT THE AVENGER (2019); an authorized novel in the new Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe, TARZAN: BATTLE FOR PELLUCIDAR (2020); and, as coauthor with Farmer, the fourth novel in Farmer's Secrets of the Nine series, THE MONSTER ON HOLD (2021), furthering the titanic saga of Doc Caliban's battle against the dark manipulators who hold the secret to eternal life, the Nine. His Edgar Rice Burroughs Universe novel KORAK AT THE EARTH'S CORE is forthcoming in April 2024.
Find him online at winscotteckert dot com
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November 11, 2020
This wild and perfectly pulpy adventure of Patricia Wildman are sure to bring back fond memories of Doc Savage era. The book has been made beautifully, worthy of being treated as a treasure by all Wold Newton/PJF fans or new readers alike.
Only reason for me shedding a star was its less than ideal Gothic vibes, whose presence had made the Pemberly House story so special. But that's a personal feeling. If you are an admirer of new pulp, then this book is a must-read.
Recommended.
Only reason for me shedding a star was its less than ideal Gothic vibes, whose presence had made the Pemberly House story so special. But that's a personal feeling. If you are an admirer of new pulp, then this book is a must-read.
Recommended.
November 4, 2013
Of all the new novels I’ve had the opportunity to read during 2013, the one I enjoyed the most was Win Scott Eckert’s The Scarlet Jaguar. Published by Meteor House, this novella is a sequel to 2009’s "The Evil In Pemberly House," which Eckert co-authored with the late Philip José Farmer.
The book opens with the heroine of both novels, adventuress and crimefighter Patricia Wildman, having set down new roots at her ancestral home in England. After receiving a visit from the daughter of a kidnapped British diplomat, Pat sets out on a globetrotting adventure that ultimately takes her to South America and...
To say more would spoil the fun. The Scarlet Jaguar is an old fashioned adventure with a modern twist, and is well worth seeking out. So do so. (It's available at meteorhousepress.com; it and most of the others I've mentioned here are also available at Amazon.com.) You can thank me later.
The book opens with the heroine of both novels, adventuress and crimefighter Patricia Wildman, having set down new roots at her ancestral home in England. After receiving a visit from the daughter of a kidnapped British diplomat, Pat sets out on a globetrotting adventure that ultimately takes her to South America and...
To say more would spoil the fun. The Scarlet Jaguar is an old fashioned adventure with a modern twist, and is well worth seeking out. So do so. (It's available at meteorhousepress.com; it and most of the others I've mentioned here are also available at Amazon.com.) You can thank me later.
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January 16, 2018
Scarlet Jaguar is a pulp inspired romp with a bikini-clad pistol packing heroine, an evil plot, and references to the Man from U.N.C.L.E. Fast paced and action packed in a race to stop murders and save the free world from what could be a supernatural threat. Or is it?
After completing this adventure expect a longing to visit with Napoleon Solo or James bond but the best remedy is the new hero in town, Pat Wildman, bronze champion of justice.
After completing this adventure expect a longing to visit with Napoleon Solo or James bond but the best remedy is the new hero in town, Pat Wildman, bronze champion of justice.
May 4, 2017
The Scarlet Jaguar was my first read by Win Scott Eckert. I'm hooked. I'm a fan. The book is fast paced, well written, and it's chocked full of old fashioned villains, heroes, and heroines that I'd expect to find in pulp fiction.
I found it very hard to put down, and after I turned the last page, I wanted more. I'm looking forward to reading more books by this author.
I found it very hard to put down, and after I turned the last page, I wanted more. I'm looking forward to reading more books by this author.
May 26, 2014
A sequel to the novel 'The Evil in Pemberley House', a collaboration between Mr. Eckert and world famous Sci-Fi author Philip Jose' Farmer, Win Eckert continues the adventures of Patricia Wildman, daughter of a world renowned Pulp Hero, and world blazing adventuress in her own right.
Mixing the best of 30's/40's pulps with the 60's Mod spy genre into a 70's Grind-house soup. Win Eckert has made a delicious meal out of the kind of ingredients I love the best, and keeping with the Wold Newton concept created by P. J. Farmer, the stories landscape has familiar (If not named) favorite characters from books, television and film around every other corner.
The Story itself is most engaging, drawing you in, and making you care about the little family of heroes.
Heroes you can not only admire, but sympathize with as well.
Eckert learned from the master chef, Philip Jose' Farmer himself, and knows how to give us a FEAST!
Mixing the best of 30's/40's pulps with the 60's Mod spy genre into a 70's Grind-house soup. Win Eckert has made a delicious meal out of the kind of ingredients I love the best, and keeping with the Wold Newton concept created by P. J. Farmer, the stories landscape has familiar (If not named) favorite characters from books, television and film around every other corner.
The Story itself is most engaging, drawing you in, and making you care about the little family of heroes.
Heroes you can not only admire, but sympathize with as well.
Eckert learned from the master chef, Philip Jose' Farmer himself, and knows how to give us a FEAST!
May 26, 2014
A sequel to the novel 'The Evil in Pemberley House', a collaboration between Mr. Eckert and world famous Sci-Fi author Philip Jose' Farmer, Win Eckert continues the adventures of Patricia Wildman, daughter of a world renowned Pulp Hero, and world blazing adventuress in her own right.
Mixing the best of 30's/40's pulps with the 60's Mod spy genre into a 70's Grind-house soup. Win Eckert has made a delicious meal out of the kind of ingredients I love the best, and keeping with the Wold Newton concept created by P. J. Farmer, the stories landscape has familiar (If not named) favorite characters from books, television and film around every other corner.
The Story itself is most engaging, drawing you in, and making you care about the little family of heroes.
Heroes you can not only admire, but sympathize with as well.
Eckert learned from the master chef, Philip Jose' Farmer himself, and knows how to give us a FEAST!
Mixing the best of 30's/40's pulps with the 60's Mod spy genre into a 70's Grind-house soup. Win Eckert has made a delicious meal out of the kind of ingredients I love the best, and keeping with the Wold Newton concept created by P. J. Farmer, the stories landscape has familiar (If not named) favorite characters from books, television and film around every other corner.
The Story itself is most engaging, drawing you in, and making you care about the little family of heroes.
Heroes you can not only admire, but sympathize with as well.
Eckert learned from the master chef, Philip Jose' Farmer himself, and knows how to give us a FEAST!
February 2, 2016
One of the best books I've read this year! I loved this book for the following reasons: (1) Phil Farmer created a great pulp character in Patricia Wildman; (2) Win Scott Eckert has assumed the writing of that character in an awesome way; (3) the book is full of action and intrigue; (4) the feel of this book, with its early 70's vibe, made me feel like I was watching a TV show or movie from that era; and (5) the crossovers included in the book add to its charm (I don't think I even grasped or understood all of the references in the book). I didn't want to see this book end and I hope that Win writes more Patricia Wildman stories in the near future. Don't miss this one!
September 9, 2015
Interesting New Heroine to Follow
Enjoyed the storyline. Great characters. Could have used more intimacy between main characters. Still, very good. Looking forward to the next edition.
Enjoyed the storyline. Great characters. Could have used more intimacy between main characters. Still, very good. Looking forward to the next edition.
May 28, 2018
Doc Savage’s relatives
Great fun for those who have imagined “what if” Doc had a daughter. Not to mention pulp hero The Avenger.
Great fun for those who have imagined “what if” Doc had a daughter. Not to mention pulp hero The Avenger.
November 25, 2017
The greatest enjoyment of this book will come from fans (believers?) of the Wold Newton Universe because this tale is firmly set in that crossover continuum. But those unfamiliar with Philip Jose Farmer's work can still appreciate this adventure because it riffs on popular adventures series like James Bond, Man From UNCLE, and, appropriately enough, Doc Savage. Eckert is one of the most readable of the WNU authors and his story-telling abilities are full display here. Recommended reading.
August 1, 2014
When I found out that Meteor House Press was releasing a novella to continue the adventures of a certain Patricia Clarke Lupin Wildman, daughter of the Man of Bronze of the Wold Newton Family and Wold Newton Universe, Dr. James Clarke Wildman Jr., as chronicled in THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE co-written by the great bard himself, Philip José Farmer, and the acclaimed writer, and one of Farmer's heir apparents, Win Scott Eckert, I was ecstatic.
I had literally fallen head over heels in love with Patricia, who I had envisioned as being a taller, well muscled, and well proportioned Raquel Welch, and who was every bit her father's daughter. The perfect adventurer for her time, just like her old man.
And knowing how Eckert had channeled Farmer so well in THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE, I had every confidence that Eckert would pen a great story. And I was correct.
THE SCARLET JAGUAR is the opening salvo in an ongoing story-arc that will lead Pat Wildman closer to a quest that most definitely will have life altering and long lasting implications for the Wold Newton Family, and the Wold Newton Universe.
The novella opens with a murder mystery that would make Lester Dent, the lead writer of the old Doc Savage pulps, applaud, God rest his soul, as Pat Wildman and her partner and live-in lover, Peter Parker, wake up in the new Baroness of Lambton's estate in England to a stirring sound that apparently changes the color properties of a statue into a scarlet glass like substance that causes the object to shatter with the image of a ghostly jaguar of the same color giving a out a loud roar. The same phenomenon occurred to one of the member of the staff tending the estate.
The horror of the incident has Patricia and Parker hellbent on finding out who or what was involved in the gruesome affair.
This search will lead Patricia back home in New York City, where she and Parker raid her father's facilities for necessary equipment, gadgets, and non-lethal weapons to combat whatever threats they might encounter along the way.
In searching for the reason behind the horrible phenomenon they had experienced, they find themselves embroiled in international intrigue that could tip the balance of the Cold War between the West and the East.
And during this adventure Patricia is reunited with a very close friend she had not seen in a very long time, Helen Benson, the daughter of Ellen Patrick and Richard Henry Benson, better known as The Domino Lady and The Avenger. Her friend is every bit her parents' daughter, even suffering from a milder version of her father's condition.
As the adventure continues, the three protagonists find themselves in a Central American country that is the source of the aberration, and do what must be done.
Overall, THE SCARLET JAGUAR is a 10/10, with pulse pounding action, adventure, and the fantastic to cause the reader to want more. Eckert knows his craft and he is able to pace the book in such a way that you are reading a well told adventure miniseries on the level of SyFy Channel's THE TRIANGLE. THE SCARLET JAGUAR is that engaging. And the cover and interior artwork by the acclaimed artist, Mark Sparacio, is absolutely gorgeous.
After I finished reading THE SCARLET JAGUAR, I knew that the legacies of Philip José Farmer, the master literary trickster, and that of the Wildman family, were in good hands.
And I can't wait to see where Patricia Wildman will go to next. It's going to be a wild ride. And for a Wildman, would you expect anything less?
If you love high adventure and the captivating allure of a true femme fatale, then THE SCARLET JAGUAR is the book for you!
I had literally fallen head over heels in love with Patricia, who I had envisioned as being a taller, well muscled, and well proportioned Raquel Welch, and who was every bit her father's daughter. The perfect adventurer for her time, just like her old man.
And knowing how Eckert had channeled Farmer so well in THE EVIL IN PEMBERLEY HOUSE, I had every confidence that Eckert would pen a great story. And I was correct.
THE SCARLET JAGUAR is the opening salvo in an ongoing story-arc that will lead Pat Wildman closer to a quest that most definitely will have life altering and long lasting implications for the Wold Newton Family, and the Wold Newton Universe.
The novella opens with a murder mystery that would make Lester Dent, the lead writer of the old Doc Savage pulps, applaud, God rest his soul, as Pat Wildman and her partner and live-in lover, Peter Parker, wake up in the new Baroness of Lambton's estate in England to a stirring sound that apparently changes the color properties of a statue into a scarlet glass like substance that causes the object to shatter with the image of a ghostly jaguar of the same color giving a out a loud roar. The same phenomenon occurred to one of the member of the staff tending the estate.
The horror of the incident has Patricia and Parker hellbent on finding out who or what was involved in the gruesome affair.
This search will lead Patricia back home in New York City, where she and Parker raid her father's facilities for necessary equipment, gadgets, and non-lethal weapons to combat whatever threats they might encounter along the way.
In searching for the reason behind the horrible phenomenon they had experienced, they find themselves embroiled in international intrigue that could tip the balance of the Cold War between the West and the East.
And during this adventure Patricia is reunited with a very close friend she had not seen in a very long time, Helen Benson, the daughter of Ellen Patrick and Richard Henry Benson, better known as The Domino Lady and The Avenger. Her friend is every bit her parents' daughter, even suffering from a milder version of her father's condition.
As the adventure continues, the three protagonists find themselves in a Central American country that is the source of the aberration, and do what must be done.
Overall, THE SCARLET JAGUAR is a 10/10, with pulse pounding action, adventure, and the fantastic to cause the reader to want more. Eckert knows his craft and he is able to pace the book in such a way that you are reading a well told adventure miniseries on the level of SyFy Channel's THE TRIANGLE. THE SCARLET JAGUAR is that engaging. And the cover and interior artwork by the acclaimed artist, Mark Sparacio, is absolutely gorgeous.
After I finished reading THE SCARLET JAGUAR, I knew that the legacies of Philip José Farmer, the master literary trickster, and that of the Wildman family, were in good hands.
And I can't wait to see where Patricia Wildman will go to next. It's going to be a wild ride. And for a Wildman, would you expect anything less?
If you love high adventure and the captivating allure of a true femme fatale, then THE SCARLET JAGUAR is the book for you!
May 2, 2016
Solid sequel and enjoyable entry.
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