The Scarlet Lake Mystery: A Rick Brant Science-Adventure Story

Two boys join a remote desert rocket base to help with experimental projects and to investigate strange mishaps. After traveling from Las Vegas to a dry lake installation and earning base clearance, they track clues, missing servomotors, odd inscriptions, ghost-town leads, and a stalled aircraft wing test while watching suspicious technicians. Their investigations intersect with projects codenamed Pegasus and Orion and culminate in a dangerous out-of-control trial, a puzzling weight anomaly, and an encounter with a mysterious Earthman. The narrative blends hands-on science, field adventure, and deductive sleuthing as the youths race to prevent disaster and expose sabotage.