Book cover for The Sky-Crasher by L. Ron Hubbard

The Sky-Crasher

2009 Released
136 Pages
1-2 Hours
Audiobook Unavailable
Paperback Unavailable
Hardback Unavailable
Galaxy PressISBN 9781592126149

<b>TCA IS GOING BROKE. ONE FLIGHT AROUND THE WORLD COULD SAVE IT&mdash;IF THE COMPETITION DOESN&rsquo;T BRING THEM DOWN FIRST.<br></b>

J. J. &ldquo;Caution&rdquo; Jones is an ace pilot who would rather keep his feet on the ground. After watching his daredevil father die performing an air stunt, Caution built a career on safe, practical flying and became the no-nonsense general manager of Trans-Continental Airlines.<br>

Now the airline he helped build is in serious trouble.<br>

The U.S. government is considering a new round-the-world mail route worth about a million dollars a year. To win priority, an airline has to prove it can successfully circle the globe carrying mail&mdash;and TCA desperately needs the business.<br>

Caution knows exactly why they shouldn&rsquo;t try. The flight alone could cost TCA $50,000 it cannot afford to lose. Worse, rival United States Airlines is already trying to drive them out of business, and Caution is convinced its men will do anything to keep TCA from completing the flight.<br>

But when TCA commits to the attempt, Caution is headed back into the cockpit&mdash;with fearless stunt pilot Pam Craig beside him.<br>

Now the man famous for avoiding unnecessary risks must fly around the world in a race against time, weather and a rival willing to sabotage his every move.<br>

The Sky-Crasher is fast-paced historical fiction and action adventure fiction set in the pioneering days of commercial aviation, when an around-the-world flight could determine the future of an airline.<br>

Two complete historical adventures in one volume.<br>

Boomerang Bomber &mdash; American pilot Clint Ragen is delivering a $70,000 bomber to China&rsquo;s Nationalist government when Japanese authorities stop his ship at Kobe, seize the crated aircraft as contraband of war and throw him in prison. Then they discover there is one problem with their captured bomber: Clint is the only man who knows how to put it together.<br>

<b>&ldquo;L. Ron Hubbard [is] sure to satisfy avid readers of the pulp fiction action/adventure genre.&rdquo;&mdash;Midwest Book Review</b><br>

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.<br>

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

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L. Ron Hubbard

With 19 New York Times bestsellers and more than 350 million copies of his works in circulation, L. Ron Hubbard is among the most acclaimed and widely read authors of our time. As a leading light of American Pulp Fiction through the 1930s and '40s, he is further among the most influential authors of the modern age. Indeed, from Ray Bradbury to Stephen King, there is scarcely a master of imaginative tales who has not paid tribute to L. Ron Hubbard.

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