First published OUP, 1938. Biggles, Algy and Ginger are recruited by the Maltovian ambassador to spearhead a defence force against warmongering neighbouring territories

It’s not everyone who’s invited to start an air force. But Biggles is, by the Maltovian ambassador. He refuses—at first. But sinister threats by the representative of neighbouring, power-hungry Lovitznia make him change his mind. Soon, Biggles, Algy and Ginger are flying the three solitary planes that make up the Maltovian air force. They face danger in the skies, but there’s danger on the ground too—in the form of treachery and intrigue. Biggles and his friends, of course, face it with all their renowned skill and courage.

When zero visibility forces Biggles to land his Vandal amphibian aircraft on the North Sea he thinks he's just got a spot of aeroplane bother. Bigger trouble is ahead for Biggles when he takes an unchartered ride in a flying boat manned by 'Blackbeard' - a cohort of the Russian Airfleet and accomplice in a plot to bomb Britain.

DEATH TRAP! Air combat is the order of the day in the final days of the First World War. Duelling high above the trenches, Biggles knows that he needs more than just flying skills to survive. The enemy is now using their own British aircraft, the Sopwith Camel, to lure them to their deaths. A devil to fly, invaluably fast in a dogfight, this machine commands fierce loyalty from its pilots. Will luck and initiative be enough to keep Biggles alive? Join cult hero and flying ace, Squadron Leader James Bigglesworth on another action packed adventure!