Biggles, Algy and Ginger join the war in the Pacific when Captain Rex Larrymore, a pioneering prospector, approaches the Air Ministry with news that he has access to a secret airfield in the jungles of the Bornean mountains, unknown to the Japanese.The gang quickly establish themselves at 'Lucky Strike' aerodrome, and launch surprise raids on targets of opportunity. After an auspicious start, things take a turn for the worse when Algy and Ginger are forced to make an emergency landing after discovering a poisonous krait snake has stowed away on their plane!The Japanese spot the downed aircraft and capture Algy and Ginger. Biggles must find a way to rescue them, and fast...Fly by the seat of your pants with Biggles on another classic WW2 adventure. Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson and Max Hennessy.

Biggles has a cold war.November 1939. The Winter War between the Finns and the Soviets has begun, and Finland has called for international support. Biggles, Algy and Ginger have volunteered to help, and fly reconnaissance missions over the country on the lookout for Soviet troops and aircraft.Quite by chance on one such flight, Biggles spots a lone figure at death's door in the snow, and lands to investigate. The man is Petolski, a Polish scientist. His plane crashed on the Finland–Russia border while he was trying to escape Occupied Poland with seven years' worth of experimental aircraft research. Rather than let it fall into enemy hands, he has hidden it somewhere near the downed plane.The research cannot fall into enemy hands, and Biggles is ordered to retrieve it at all costs. But the Russians have found out about the research as well, and a party led by Biggles' nemesis, Erich von Stalhein, is already looking for it. The race is on!Strap in...

Three months have passed since the last adventure when our heroes are unexpectedly visited at Glensalich Castle by Vargo, Borron and Gator. The Tavona is needed for work on Mars and the Professor, Tiger, Toby and Rex arrange to return to space in a further seven days' time. Borron tells them that the big ships they had previously had problems with, have left Ando and never returned. The work on Mars has been progressing at a rapid rate, they even had their first cloud in the atmosphere. Rex meets with the mischievous Rolto and he suggests they go and visit Ardilla. The Council on Mino give the Professor permission to use the Tavona for as long as he wishes in recognition of his help in re-colonising Mars. The Professor wants to survey the more distant planets. When Rex suggests Ardilla, he is told that it is one of the most dangerous areas in the Universe. The party agrees to return to Arcadia, where they had previously rescued the crew of the Andoan ship. They find the planet scorched and smoky. Rex goes to view the wrecked Andoan ship but in the strange foggy atmosphere, Rex experiences weird phenomena. He sees reflections of himself and the others and is soon lost. Returning to Mino, Rex meets his girlfriend, Morino. Here our heroes prepare for their trip 'to the edge of beyond'. Vargo and the crew cover their skin with a varnish in order to protect themselves from rays in space. Visiting an unknown planet, the Professor decides to use some suits of protective armour he has designed. As there are only two suits, Rex goes out with the Professor. Walking down a chasm both the Professor and Rex find themselves trapped against the walls of the cliff. They are magnetic! Here they are approached by two strange creatures who pull them free and allow them to remove the armour and escape. These creatures have strange thick skins and Rex dubs them 'the elephant men'. The weather changes and the planet is suddenly subject to fierce winds and soon Rex and the Professor realise why the inhabitants need such thick skins. The Tavona leaves with a view to proceeding on to Ardilla and on the journey a tiny meteorite hits it. Rex finds the meteorite in the Tavona and it is found to be metal debris from another spaceship. Our heroes decide to land to let any other debris clear. The unknown planet they choose to land on is populated with strange creatures that can change their height in an almost telescopic way. Continuing the journey, Rex is affected by strange thoughts and it is soon realised that it is the effects of the rays from the planet Ardilla. Vargo and Gator are able to change course before they start feeling the same effects due to their protective varnish. The trip to Ardilla is terminated. They decide to go instead to Terromagna in the Third Region, which is remarkable for its age, size and knowledge. Vargo has a friend there called Multavo who is a Minoan. At Terromagna, our heroes see many wonders, including huge television like pictures of space. On this, the detail is such, that they are able to view Rolto leaving Mino by spaceship as well as the people on the nearby worlds of Colina and Lodna. They also visit a School of Correction that can remove feelings of avarice, conceit, jealousy, envy, untruthfulness and malice. People are not forced to undergo treatment, but volunteer if they experience such symptoms. Ardilla is discussed and Multavo warns them to beware of a red ship from that planet. On the return journey to Mino, our heroes again experience the effects of the rays and this time they see the red ship. Tiger shoots at the attacking ship from the air lock and shatters one of its windows, causing it to fall away from them. From Mino, our heroes return to Mars and then back to Earth. Their space friends agree to return every third month to see if our heroes wish to resume their space adventures.

War is declared, and Biggles is ready for action!September 1939. Britain has declared war on Germany. Major James Bigglesworth, known to his friends as 'Biggles', is eager to get straight into the action alongside old friends Algernon 'Algy' Lacey and 'Ginger' Hebblethwaite. They don't have to wait long.The British government has covertly acquired a small island in the Baltic, off the north coast of Germany. The island is unremarkable save for one feature: a natural sea cave, unknown to the Germans, large enough to house several aircraft.Biggles' orders: wreak havoc on German forces for as long as possible without compromising the location of the secret base. It's a dangerous mission, for the might of the enemy military machine will be bent on finding them, led by Biggles' old nemesis, Erich von Stalhein.Take to the skies in a classic Biggles adventure packed with heroism and feats of derring-do. Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson and Max Hennessy.

This book starts with a short forward that refers to the fact that man has now launched into space and gives a run down of the characters involved in the book and lists the previous nine book titles. The book then commences with our heroes already on board the Tavona heading for Mars. Rex sees a spark of light and investigating they find the body of a man floating in space! The corpse is wearing a kilt, which Professor Brane recognises at Macpherson Tartan and the body is recovered into the spacecraft by Toby. In the dead man's cap is the initial 'I' (which they surmise stands for 'Ian') and the makers name, Grant of Inverness. The body is taken to the moon and buried under a rock cairn. Returning to Earth to investigate, they start with the makers of the cap. Here they meet Colonel Sir Murdo Tulloch who recognises the cap as belonging to Ian Macpherson, one of his gamekeepers who has mysteriously disappeared. The Colonel tells our heroes that two men have disappeared in total, the other man is Donald Graham, his head keeper. The Professor says he picked up the cap that morning on the heather near his house (which was something he literally did so as not to have to lie about it's true origins). Apparently Macpherson had been fairly ill when he disappeared. Returning to Glensalich Castle, the Professor concludes that Graham must have been abducted and resolves to try to find him. They return to the Tavona and discuss matters with Vargo. Vargo is convinced that no spacecraft from his planet would have been to Earth without him hearing of it. They decide to go to Mars to ask the Captains of the Remote Survey Fleet if they have heard of any rumours of a man being picked up from Earth. On Mars, Rex meets with his girlfriend Morino again. A space captain named Grantos gives our heroes a small clue. Not long ago, on a trip to the Fourth Region, he had seen a space captain from the planet Vallon called Molo, on a search for a missing spacecraft, and he was eating something that he referred to as a "jammysandwich". Travelling to Vallon, our heroes stop off at a nearby planet, which appears to be uninhabited. They are intrigued to find what looks like a track. Here they find a tin with the words "Player's Navy Cut" on. Next they find an old abandoned spacecraft. They think it may be the one that the space captain from Vallon was searching for. They are then shocked to find a Zulu called Ebutu from M'Bula in Tanganyika. He too has been kidnapped from Earth. After a tremendous downpour, the ground outside the spaceship turns into a quagmire and they have to use their ingenuity to get out. Our heroes spend an uncomfortable night in the Tavona as they hear the sounds of huge and strange alien creatures outside. The following morning the tracks made by the mysterious monsters of the night are easily found. There is a broad path of crushed vegetation. The tracks are followed until they reach a hole the size of a railway tunnel. In the tunnel is a vast amount of water and the Professor suspects that it may be an underground lake or even a sea. Returning to the Tavona, a spaceship is sighted in the sky and lands. Two strangely dressed men get out. Vargo and Gator go to talk to the strange new arrivals as they speak many languages. One of the new arrivals is called Molo and he speaks English with a slight Scottish accent. He has been taught English by a human on Vallon. Apparently, the two Scots had agreed to go in a Vallon spaceship but Macpherson had died of pneumonia following influenza. His body had been put overboard with some haste, as it was feared the illness might be infectious. Graham was then taken to Vallon alone and told that if he would teach English to the spaceship commanders he would be taken home again. The promise was kept and a ship has been sent to take Graham home, but that ship is now itself listed as missing! The scientists of Vallon wanted some inhabitants of Earth to find out about all the activity on the planet. After another severe storm on the planet, it is discovered that the Tavona is stuck in the mud. Freeing itself, our heroes then help the crew of the Vallon ship, which is also stuck in the mud. They had been searching for Graham's lost ship and had searched extensively. However, they had not been to the planet of Mintona due to the savage nature and cannibalism of the inhabitants. Once the Vallon ship is freed from the mud, the Tavona flies onto Mintona. It is on here that the wreckage of Graham's missing spacecraft is found. Graham himself is eventually found alive because the inhabitants think he is a god. Graham is rescued and surprises everyone by stating that he wants to return to Vallon where he has a wife. Apparently, he was only going back to Earth to collect some of his personal possessions. Graham is returned to Vallon and our heroes then return to Mars. Rex is able to spend a couple of days with Morino before they return to Earth and Ebutu is returned to his part of Africa. The Tavona then returns to Scotland and the Professor's home, Glensalich Castle. The last few words of the book are "there was no place like home".

An encounter with an amazing scientist named Professor Brane has led 'Tiger' Clinton and his young son Rex to join the first group of humans to penetrate the unknown vastness beyond this planet Earth.Their journeys now take them by accident into the midst of a cruel interplanetary war between two alien races, threatening to spread death and destruction through the expanses of outer space.