ONE WOUNDED PILOT. FIVE GALLONS OF GAS. NOWHERE LEFT TO GO.
American pilot Vic Kennedy backed the losing side in a Greek rebellion. Now Greece wants him hanged, Britain will not let him stay and France has sent him on his way. Wounded and nearly out of fuel over the Sahara, Vic spots what looks like a mirage: a hidden desert city where an airplane is something no one has ever seen.
His emergency landing puts him inside a remote Tuareg kingdom and in the path of Lady Dunya, a captive princess being forced into a political marriage. To her people, Vic and his battered plane seem almost supernatural. To the men who want Dunya and her kingdom, he is a dangerous obstacle who must be destroyed. With only a few gallons of gasoline, Vic has to turn an airplane on the verge of becoming useless into his best chance to save Dunya—and himself.
Three complete adventures in one volume.
Buckley Plays a Hunch—sea captain Jim Buckley finally finds a lost expedition—only to discover the three castaways do not want to be rescued and may kill him for trying.
Medals for Mahoney—an American soldier of fortune sent to investigate missing goods and dead company clerks on Kamling Island joins forces with an unlikely ally to uncover a murderous fraud.
Fast-moving and action-packed, The Sky Devil combines flying, intrigue, desert kingdoms, dangerous islands, twists and impossible odds in three complete adventures.
“All three stories are distinguished by Hubbard’s crisp, no-frills prose and his skill at making foreign lands of a bygone era seem both exotic and dangerous for his armchair-traveling readers.” —Publishers Weekly
Drawing on a life of travel, aviation, sailing and exploration, L. Ron Hubbard brought an adventurer’s eye to fast-moving tales of danger, ingenuity and impossible odds.
Part of the L. Ron Hubbard Action & Adventure Collection—17 books featuring 24 classic stories—available in paperback, eBook and full-cast dramatized audiobook. If you enjoy the classic adventures of Edgar Rice Burroughs and the action-packed adventures of Clive Cussler, discover another master storyteller of action and adventure.
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