Knight Books Series

One of a series of adventures featuring Hal and Roger Hunt. The boys are accompanying their zoologist father down the Amazon, to explore an uncharted river. They face the natural hazards of the jungle, hostile natives, an anonymous telegram, and a hunchback with bloodshot eyes.

African Adventure

by Willard Price

Published 1 July 1985

Hal and Roger, on safari in Africa, find the bogus WHITE HUNTER accompanying them is hindering their attempts to capture wild animals. Worse is to come, however, in the shape of an evil Witch Doctor who is determined to kill the Hunt brothers...

Underwater Adventure

by Willard Price

Published December 1935

Once again Hal & Roger Hunt are on board the Lively Lady, studying submarine life & searching for the treasure of the Santa Cruz which sank three centuries ago. But Skink is also on board & he will stop at nothing to get the treasure.

Elephant Adventure

by Willard Price

Published December 1964

One of Willard Price's adventure stories featuring Hal and Roger Hunt. At the Mountains of the Moon the flowers grow to 29 feet and there is snow on the equator. Here the boys capture the rare white elephant and are kidnapped by Arab slavers, from whom they eventually escape.

South Sea Adventure

by Willard Price

Published December 1952

Devoted to Multi-State System (MSS) reliability analysis and optimization, this volume provides an historical overview of the field. It presents basic concepts of MSS, defines MSS reliability measures and systematically describes the tools for MSS reliability assessment and optimization. Basic methods for MSS reliability assessment, such as a Boolean methods extension, basic random process methods (both Markov and semi-Markov) and universal generating function models, are systematically studied. A universal genetic algorithm optimization technique and all details of its application are described. All the methods are illustrated by numerical examples. The book also contains many examples of application of reliability assessment and optimization methods to real engineering problems.

Whale Adventure

by Willard Price

Published 1 January 1960

'No use fooling yourself. The sharks got him.'

Hal and Roger Hunt are hoping to have a whale of a time when they agree to join the crew of a whaling ship. But as they begin working for the evil Captain Grindle, face dangerous battles with sharks, and then find themselves shipwrecked, the boys realise they're about to have a much bigger adventure than they bargained for.

Tiger Adventure

by Willard Price

Published 15 March 1979

'The devil has killed our people'. Hal and Roger Hunt are in India, investigating rare and dangerous animals for their father. But on the trail of the rare white tiger, high in the Himalayas, disaster strikes and the brothers realise they are walking into the jaws of death.

Volcano Adventure

by Willard Price

Published December 1956

'Fountains of fire, explosions ...it's hell let loose.' Hal and Roger Hunt embark on an earth-shattering expedition when they join forces with world-famous volcanologist Dr Dan Adams. And as their ground-breaking research of the volatile Pacific volcanoes hots up, the brothers' mission erupts into an awesome adventure...

Lion Adventure

by Willard Price

Published April 1967

The human bait was the boys themselves...Hal and Roger Hunt have been sent on a terrifying mission - they must save the population of Mtito Andei from a man-eating lion. But the 'King of the Beasts' isn't the only thing trying to kill the boys...Have the brothers bitten off more than they can chew this time?