Inky Odds

HE'S THE BEST WAR CORRESPONDENT IN CHINA. SO WHO KEEPS BEATING HIM TO THE STORY?

Bat Conroy of World Press lives for one thing: getting the story first. Covering the war in China, he follows battles, dodges bullets and files copy from places most reporters would never dare to go.

Then a rival named Perry Lane starts scooping him on story after story—even when Bat never sees the mysterious correspondent anywhere near the action.

Now Bat has been handed the biggest assignment yet. Americans trapped in the besieged city of Fu-Chiang are running out of food and fighting a cholera outbreak. Bat must take a battered riverboat up the Yangtze with medical supplies, cross active battle lines and bring help before it is too late.

But the farther he travels, the stranger the competition becomes. Perry Lane somehow knows what is happening aboard the boat almost as soon as Bat does. And a bold young stowaway who keeps changing her name seems to know far more about China—and Bat—than she should.

For Bat, the mission is becoming more than a scoop. He has lives to save, a reputation to defend and a rival he is determined to unmask.

Blending wartime danger with sharp dialogue, humor and mystery, Inky Odds is fast-paced historical fiction and action adventure fiction built around a war correspondent racing through 1930s China for the story of his life.

“With some great humor and adventure … yet another story from L. Ron Hubbard that will amaze you with the depth of information. In fact with all the detail Hubbard throws into his stories you know, he had to have lived some aspect of the stories, and that’s what makes them so fun to hear as an audio book or read the printed page, the detail and depth.” —Gil Wilson

Drawing on his broad knowledge of the world, its people and professions, L. Ron Hubbard created vivid historical adventures shaped by the places, technology and conflicts of their time.

Part of the L. Ron Hubbard Historical Fiction Collection—12 books featuring 17 classic stories—available in paperback, eBook and full-cast dramatized audiobook. If you enjoy the historical adventures of Jack London and Wilbur Smith, discover another master storyteller of historical fiction.

Enjoy both the book and the audiobook. Also available as a professionally produced, full-cast dramatized audiobook.