Golden Age Stories
23 total works
It is one of the greatest conflicts-and a pivotal turning point-in history...the Chinese civil war. On one side stands Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists. On the other, Mao Zedong and the Communists. And their forces are about to meet in a decisive battle...the outcome of which is in the hands of one American pilot, John Hampton, a man who, like Bogart in Casablanca, couldn't care less... He's a mercenary, flying for the highest bidder, his only loyalty to himself and to cold hard cash. He has nothing to believe in, and nothing to lose. But just as this is a critical moment in history, so, too, is it about to become a defining moment in Hampton's life. What is the extraordinary experience that has the power to penetrate Hampton's armor of cynicism and touch his heart? What is it that makes him see that there are things, other than money, that are worth fighting-and maybe even dying-for? The surprising answers spur him to undertake the ultimate mission in Red Death Over China. Hubbard experienced China in the 1930s in a way few Westerners did. Traveling from the ports of the China Sea to Beijing to the Great Wall and onto the hills of Southern Manchuria, he came to know the land and its people-soldiers, spies, outlaws, and monks-as well as any American could. It is that background that shines through in stories like Red Death Over China. Also includes the flying adventures The Crate Killer, in which a test pilot uses up his nine lives parachuting nine times from crumbling planes, only to discover that his tenth flight presents the biggest challenge of all; and Wings Over Ethiopia, the story of a pilot captured and accused of being a spy by both sides in a war-and his only means of escape is through the lens of a camera. "Highly recommended for aviation action/adventure pulp fiction." -Midwest Book Review
A world traveler and adventurer, L. Ron Hubbard was a keen observer and astute researcher and imbued his fiction with authentic characters, local color and real-life adventure. Whether sailing the high seas with Lord Nelson's fleet, digging in a scorching desert for Alexander's treasure, or ducking bullets across war-torn China, these stories will carry you on adventure to other times and places. The 12-audiobook Historical Fiction Collection includes 17 short stories and 24 hours of immersive entertainment. All stories are unabridged, multi-cast productions with state-of-the-art cinematic quality sound effects that put you right in the stories. The titles and short stories in this collection are: All Frontiers Are Jealous, The Battling Pilot, The Dive Bomber, Hurtling Wings, Inky Odds, Man-Killers of the Air, Mister Tidwell, Gunner (includes: "The Drowned City" and "Submarine"), Sky Birds Dare!,The Sky Crasher (includes: "Boomerang Bomber"), Tomb of the Ten Thousand Dead (includes: "Price of a Hat" and "Starch and Stripes") Trouble on His Wings and Under the Black Ensign. Performers: R.F. Daley (narrator), Jennifer Aspen, Sheryl Bernstein, Corey Burton, Bob Caso, Keli Daniels, Shannon Evans, Lori Jablons, Shane Johnson, James King, Ralph Lister, Jim Meskimen, Tamra Meskimen, Joey Naber, Marisol Nichols, Noelle North, Kristin Proctor, Phil Proctor, Enn Reitel, Tait Ruppert, Rick Pasqualone, Matt Scott, Tomas Silcott, Fred Tatasciore, Max Williams, Michael Yurchak and Molly Yurchak.
As a young man Monte Calhoun was as wild as they come, thinking the measure of a man was how hard he could drink and how straight he can shoot. But several years of schooling back East have changed him. Now, as steadfast and principled as a young Jimmy Stewart, Monte has become The No-Gun Man. The East Coast has civilized him, and he's bringing some of that civilization home to Superstition, Arizona ... even if it means refusing to avenge the murder of his own father. Monte's come back for one reason-to rescue his younger brother from this lawless land and take him back East. But out here in a land of frauds and outlaws and ambushes, a man's principles have a way of folding under pressure-especially in the face of gunfire. And Monte's no different. It's only a question of how far he'll be pushed before he starts pushing back ... with a vengeance. Hailing from the western states of Nebraska, Oklahoma and Montana, Hubbard grew up surrounded by grizzled frontiersmen and leather-tough cowboys, counting a Native American medicine man as one of his closest friends. When he chose to write stories of the Old West, Hubbard didn't have to go far to do his research, drawing on his own memories of a youth steeped in the life and legends of the American frontier. Also includes the Western adventure, Man for Breakfast, in which the victim of a robbery will leave no stone unturned and no outlaw alive in his search for justice-even as he faces bullets, a hanging rope, and a startling revelation.