The Lieutenant Takes the Sky

by L. Ron Hubbard Narrated by R.F. Daley, John Mariano

Overview

American pilot Mike Malloy has been unjustly sentenced to five years in a Moroccan penal battalion - which is French for death sentence. But Malloy is about to get a reprieve... if he's willing to fly into the heart of the Sahara and into the teeth of a Berber rebellion. The expedition could have unexpected benefits. One of his passengers is a young woman whose eyes are as beautiful and blue as the wild blue yonder.... Fasten your seat belts and set a course for action and adventure as the audio version of The Lieutenant Takes the Sky takes you on the ride of your life.

Editorial Reviews

Publishers Weekly

08/19/2013
First published in 1938, this action-packed short novel epitomizes the thrills that readers sought out in pulp fiction magazines of the early 20th century. Rambunctious American pilot Mike Malloy, whose motto is “Trouble tags me around like a hound dog,” is festering in a French Foreign Legion brig for his latest act of insubordination when he’s given the chance to redeem himself by flying a group of explorers into the Moroccan desert to retrieve a fabled lost alchemy text. By the story’s end, he’s fought dogfights with the rebel forces of Allal Fasei, parachuted from a gunned-down plane, avoided a firing squad, won the heart of sexy scholar Lois DuGanne, and single-handedly saved Morocco from the clutches of dictators. On page after page, the bullets fly, the planes streak, the banter ricochets like dialogue in a Howard Hawks movie, and Hubbard shows why so many readers sought escape in his pulp adventure tales. (Oct.)

From the Publisher

"A series not to be missed by any true pulp-fiction fan."  —Comics Buyers Guide

"Even a sampling of Galaxy’s catalog makes it clear that pulp-fiction devotees need to put Hubbard’s works on their must-read lists.”—Booklist

“Hubbard wasn’t only remarkably prolific, he also was versed in multiple genres….Whether your taste runs to riding tall in the saddle, high-flying adventure, or crime-busting on the mean streets, Hubbard delivers the goods.”—Library Journal

Product Details

BN ID:	2940192332139
Publisher:	Dreamscape Media
Publication date:	04/29/2024
Series:	Golden Age Stories
Edition description:	Unabridged

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