First Published in August 1934 - 224 pages

This contains thirteen short stories that all flow together into one complete story. The stories are:-

THE GOLD RUSH

Biggles, Algy & Smyth are working for a Company in Guiana. It goes bust and they get the plane.

THE MAID AND THE MOUNTAINS

Flying to Bolivia Biggles and Algy go and rescue the President's daughter who has been kidnapped.

THE BLUE ORCHID

Professor Smilee hires Biggles to help him find a rare blue orchid, but they are deadly poisonous.

FAIR CARGO

A women called Juanita begs Biggles and Algy to fly her away to avoid an arranged marriage.

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Sandy Wyndham takes Biggles to a pearl lagoon, but under the water lurks a monster (dust cover).

BOB'S BOX

A hunt for Robert McKane's treasure reveals that it is not what everyone was expecting.

SAVAGES AND WINGS

Doing a good turn for a stranger ends up with Biggles being kidnapped and his plane stolen.

THE ORIENTAL TOUCH

Biggles rescues a Chinese man from the middle of the ocean. He turns out to be Li Chi, a pirate.

DOWN IN THE FOREST

When Biggles takes a short cut, engine trouble forces him to land on water and drift to safety.

THREE WEEKS

Biggles tricks a Russian spy called Ivan Nikitoff in order to stop him passing on vital information.

THE SHEIKH AND THE GREEK

Biggles is cheated by the title characters when trying to sell some pearls and seeks revenge.

YELLOW FREIGHT

Biggles helps solve the mystery when two pilots carrying a cargo of gold are murdered.

THE LAST SHOW

Returning to England, Biggles sees a package fall from a plane and finds a valuable pearl necklace.