Meet Bingham Harvard, the enigmatic midnight marauder, better known as the Night Wind, in Varick Vanardy's Promise of the Night Wind. Unveiling the true identity behind this proto-superhero, Bingham is a man with inhuman strength, navigating the shadowy realm between battling crooks and confronting the very law he once upheld. Motivated by a soul-crushing injustice, the Night Wind emerges as a compelling character in the early tapestry of American fiction. Varick Vanardy, the pseudonym for Frederick Van Rensselaer Dey, the mastermind behind over a thousand Nick Carter stories, brings to life a captivating tale that bridges the transition from dime novels to the new pulp magazine era.