So we're up to book 79 and The Demon's Den is quite a nice little read for you. And yes its going to get a little strange, as it covers an Apocalypse cult (red herring this) Paul Bunyan and Genetic Engineering.
Or as someone who's clearly not read past the first few chapters in this says,
"Pretty weird. Over the top. You know who doesn't need to be in a Hardy Boys book? Satan."
The doomsday cult in this gets the blame for the kidnapping of an athlete's son, the boys travel to Canada on the advice of their dad to see if someone was carrying a genetically modified virus from a secret group and find that its actually a programme to breed a race of super-athletes instead.
This came out in 1984 and 40 years on with all the advances in genetics made, (cough CRISPR and Genetic Engineering) we're still no nearer of doing what the guys are supposed to do in this. It's not completely whacked out (the Original Disappearing Floor is still the one to beat for this) but it's still not the best for science. Oh and there is no Satan in this, its actually Paul Bunyan's camp in Canada, named by the cult, instead.
Anyway its a late era book, so no changes in between versions. Choose either UK or US original.
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