By: Hammond Innes

“The bloody thing’s jammed.”

By: James Branch Cabell

A Foreword: Which Asserts Nothing.

By: Helen MacInnes

Wedding

By: Hammond Innes

There was a sharp explosion. The engine rocked.

By: Helen MacInnes

Funeral

By: Hammond Innes

“Every day you delay, German pressure is becoming more effective.”

By: Helen MacInnes

Death at the Inn

By: Hammond Innes

“This air engine of yours — you didn’t design it, did you.”

By: William Haggard

‘That’s a very brave scoundrel.’

By: Helen MacInnes

The Stranger

By: Hammond Innes

“Unless you can pay what is due on the mortgages I must foreclose.”

By: William Haggard

‘You amateur.’ It was the worst word he knew.

By: Helen MacInnes

The Village of Dwór

By: Hammond Innes

“All we’ve got to do is build the damned thing.”

By: William Haggard

‘That was the power-house. It’s blown.’