Well of the Unholy Light
Written by
Louis L'Amour
Copyright 1941
First published in Thrilling Adventures, September 1941. Reprinted in the collections and .
"In the Netherlands East Indies Captain Jim Mayo comes ashore at Ibu Bay on Halmahera to find an old acquaintance murdered. The Japanese and Germans are attempting to spread scores of two man submarines across the commercial shipping lanes of the Far East. To discover what has happened to the man he knew Jim heads for the interior. Climbing the Gam Konora volcano he discovers a secret weapons workshop in a ruined city and enters into a final confrontation with the S.S. Carlsberg in Halmahera’s Todahe Bay."