Things are disappearing. Parts of buildings, parts of people, parts of the whole world. Old Shellback, a character as crazy-smart as Christopher Lloyd in Back to the Future thinks he needs glasses. But all he really has to do is open his eyes, and see that George Smiley the Messiah is busy dismantling the world. But two can play at this game. While George is making this world disappear, Old Shellback will make another one appearance and take an amazing...

"An orphan American boy, Bill Gaylord, who has lost everyone and everything he has ever know and has no love for his host country, China, yet he has become China's ace fighter pilot and fights the Japanese."--

Presents three science fiction stories by L. Ron Hubbard, including "The Professor Was a Thief," "Battle of Wizards," and "The Dangerous Dimension," with a glossary and biographical information about the author.

"Brent Calloway is hired by an insurance firm to board a cargo vessel undercover and ensure it makes its way to San Diego in one piece. Once the voyage is underway, Calloway finds fraud, a pattern of organized scuttlings and the true fate of another vessel captained by an old friend. But when Calloway's true identity is revealed, he must fight for his life, and the real danger begins."--

American Eddie Moran is about to be captured in Morocco by the French Foreign Legion when bullets start flying at two gentlemen walking right towards him. Saving the men, Eddie learns that one is the US vice-consul, but the other is the recently deposed Berber leader, El Zidan. When a friendship forms between them, Eddie escapes the French with Zidan's help, only to be captured later and taken to the Atlas mountain stronghold of the Black Sultan,...

"Stop the presses! One hundred thousand dollar reward offered for the return of George Harley Rockham! That's more than enough to turn Shanghai newspaperman Jimmy Vance's head. Throw in the gorgeous dame who's offering the reward-Rockham's daughter Virginia-and he might lose his head altogether. As fast-talking as Jimmy Stewart in The Philadelphia Story, Vance jumps at the chance . . . the money . . . and the girl. But as Jimmy quickly discovers,...