Books with author Captain w. E. Johns

Reissued with a stunning new cover, this is the perfect introduction to this classic adventure series for new readers. 'Suffering rattlesnakes! What am I getting into?' murmured Biggles, a ghost of a smile softening his face. 'First I'm sworn into the German Air Force; now, of all things, I'm a full-blown Gestapo Agent.' Biggles is on a reconnaissance mission in Norway when the Germans invade without warning. If he can just get back to his plane he can leave Norway quickly and safely, but his old enemy Von Stalhein has heard that Biggles is in Norway, and he's determined to track him down.

Biggles is back! Caught up in the German invasion of Norway in the early days of the Second World War, Biggles has to use all his cunning to stay one step ahead of the enemy. With his old opponent Von Stalheim hot on his trail, it's going to take a daring act to avoid the horror of the Nazi firing squad. Deep in the jungle heartland of Japanese occupied Malaya, Biggles and his team operate a secret commando base. It's deadly, dangerous work, risking enemy capture and Biggles is fighting to bring all his men out alive. With a dangerous mission ahead and the threat of being shot down in the waterless wasteland of the African plains, Biggles is in the desert, defending the vital air-route from the West coast of Africa to the Middle East. When a number of planes fail to arrive at their destinations, Biggles is there to find out why -- and stop it happening again. Biggles is missing in action. Last seen lying shot and wounded, surrounded by the enemy, his chances are looking bleak. But Algy, Ginger and Bertie will not give up until they find him, dead or alive, and if this means going behind enemy lines, then that's what they will do.

In the hostile skies over First World War France, young airmen die in their thousands as they battle it out in their flimsy crafts. Biggles - aged seventeen and with less than fiteen hours flying experience - is sent to tackle the enemy in what often seem suicidal missions. In a theatre of war where instinct and lightning-fast reactions are the most important assets a man can possess, Biggles must learn to be a real flier quickly - or die....