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Deep in the Adirondack forests, a hidden prize draws outlaws into a deadly chase.
In The Flaming Jewel, Robert W. Chambers brings adventure and crime into the woods of northern New York. Outlaws, hidden treasure and a hard pursuit drive the story. The prize gives the chase its purpose, while the wilderness gives it a stage of thick forest, mountains, lakes and rivers.
The Adirondacks are more than a backdrop here. Chambers knows the region, and his eye for weather, trails and water gives the pursuit a concrete setting. This is old-fashioned adventure, with room to pause over a view or a character before the chase pulls you onward again.
What you’ll discover
- A prize worth pursuing Hidden treasure gives the adventure a clear lure and keeps the pursuit in focus.
- Forests that shape the story Enter an Adirondack landscape where woods and water matter as much as the chase.
- Outlaws in the wild Follow a crime story that leaves the streets behind for the forests of northern New York.
- An eye for place Notice the weather, trails and water through a storyteller familiar with the American Northeast.
- Adventure with breathing room Enjoy a narrative that makes space for scenery and character alongside the pursuit.
Who will love it
Readers who love wilderness adventure, outlaw taverns, masked bandits, codes and ciphers, and old-fashioned romance, told with a warm streak of humor.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A cipher letter sends a robber north
- A trooper meets a girl with a rifle
- Clinch runs a wild house with rules
- Eve is taken up Star Peak
- A trooper's tenderness and a bar of chocolate
- A night raid, a fire, and a swim
- One passion drives every one of them
Who’s who
- James DarraghA former intelligence officer who poses as the hold-up man Hal Smith and wants to recover a stolen jewel for a Grand Duchess.
- Mike ClinchThe rough owner of the Dump at Star Pond, who bends every law to make his stepdaughter a lady.
- Eve StrayerClinch's brave, educated stepdaughter, who is loyal to him and longs for the outside world.
- Jack StormontA young State Trooper who falls for Eve and stays loyal to his old army friend Darragh.
- José QuintanaThe smiling leader of an international gang of thieves, who wants his stolen jewels back at any cost.
- Emanuel SardA nervous New York diamond broker who serves as Quintana's agent and follows him into the forest.
- Earl LeverettA fox-faced trap thief and coward who dreams of one bold stroke that will free him from fear.
- RiccaThe young Grand Duchess Theodorica of Esthonia, a refugee whose jewels are the cause of the chase.
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La gemma fiammeggiante
by Robert W. Chambers · 1922
A masked robber, a sealed packet, and a girl who swims with a mouthful of diamonds in the Adirondack woods.
Medium level5–10 hours to readItaliano
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Why would a man rob a plump diamond broker on a lonely wood road, then stroll home through the forest he owns? James Darragh does exactly that in the first chapter of The Flaming Jewel.
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A cipher letter sends a robber north
Two letters cross in New York. A refugee Countess writes to James Darragh that the gang of José Quintana has been found out as the thieves who robbed a young woman named Ricca. Quintana has vanished, but the diamond dealer Emanuel Sard may be in touch with him. The same morning, Sard receives a strange letter from Rotterdam. It is a long list of gem names, and it looks like nonsense.
Darragh goes after Sard. He bluffs a nervous clerk, then picks up the broker's trail in Albany and follows him north by hired car. He misses Sard by ten minutes at Lake Pleasant and learns that the man asked the way to Ghost Lake Inn.
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Chambers, Robert W. The Flaming Jewel. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-flaming-jewel.
Chambers, R. W. (2026). The flaming jewel. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-flaming-jewel (Original work published 1922)
Chambers, Robert W. The Flaming Jewel. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-flaming-jewel.
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What is The Flaming Jewel about?
It follows a chase for a rare Erosite gem stolen from a young Grand Duchess. Darragh, posing as Hal Smith, joins Mike Clinch's rough Adirondack tavern to guard the treasure from the thief José Quintana and his gang.
Who is Hal Smith in The Flaming Jewel?
Hal Smith is the false name used by James Darragh, a former Military Intelligence officer and the nephew of Henry Harrod. He pretends to be a hold-up man so that he can work at Clinch's Dump and watch for the jewels.
What is the Flaming Jewel?
It is a magnificent gem of Erosite, one of only three known in the book's world. It belonged to the Grand Duchess Theodorica of Esthonia and was stolen by Quintana's gang before the story begins.
The author
Robert W. Chambers
1865–1933 · American novelist and illustrator
Robert W. Chambers was an American writer whose 1895 collection The King in Yellow became a cornerstone of weird fiction, casting its influence over H.P. Lovecraft and generations of horror writers since. He was a successful popular novelist in his day, but this early work is what endures.
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