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Tzun Kai is an American flier born in China, who's downed more Japanese aircraft than can be counted. Though Tzun's personal rogues' gallery includes an agent provocateur and a despotic Chinese warlord, events send him in search of a Japanese spy whose treachery could spell disaster.

China's war ace, a fighter pilot nicknamed "The Falcon Killer (Tzun Kai)," is actually Bill Gaylord, raised in Peking by his American parents. Gaylord lost both of them as a child during the violent Boxer uprising and then saw his foster family slaughtered in wartime. With a past that's hardened his soul and given him nerves of steel, Gaylord has used his resolve to down more Japanese aircraft than can be counted.

When he's not hunting down enemy planes, intrigue constantly follows him—stars of Tzun's rogues gallery include an agent provocateur and a despotic Chinese warlord. Soon enough, events pit Gaylord against a Japanese spy who has caused untold trouble for the Chinese. Gaylord must somehow find and defeat him or risk losing an ancient Chinese kingdom to the land of the rising sun.

Originally published in by L. Ron Hubbard in April 1939 in Five Novels Monthly magazine
Now available through Galaxy Press in paperback and multi-cast full soundtrack production audiobook.