A world traveler and adventurer, L. Ron Hubbard was a keen observer and astute researcher and imbued his fiction with authentic characters, local color, and real-life adventure. Whether sailing the high seas with Lord Nelson’s fleet, digging in a scorching desert for Alexander’s treasure, or ducking bullets across war-torn China, these stories will carry you on adventure to other times and places.

This 6-audiobook collection includes 7 stories for 12 hours of immersive entertainment. All audiobooks are unabridged, full-cast productions with cinematic quality sound effects that bring the stories and characters to vivid life.

Titles and short stories in the Historical Fiction Short Stories Collection Vol 1 include: Under the Black Ensign, Inky Odds, Man-Killers of the Air, The Sky-Crasher (with: “Boomerang Bomber”), All Frontiers Are Jealous, and Hurtling Wings.

You will love this collection because, as Publishers Weekly describes, “This fantastic production features a large supporting cast of readers, sound effects, and a variety of brilliant voices.” And The Philadelphia Inquirer calls it “Swashbuckling fun.”

Book Descriptions:

Under the Black Ensign: Tom Bristol barely escapes an unjust death sentence aboard the British HMS Terror when the ship is overtaken by pirates. Soon enough, Bristol is stranded on a desert island for stopping a pirate mutiny. When Lady Jane Campbell joins Tom at sea, things really set sail in this swashbuckling adventure. Performed by: R.F. Daley (narrator), Michael Yurchak, Marisol Nichols, Phil Proctor, Jim Meskimen, and Thomas Silcott.

Inky Odds: Bat Conroy is the world’s top war correspondent. Until the Japanese invasion of China, when an unknown writer, filing under the byline Perry Lane, scoops Bat on nearly every battle. Bat must stop Perry Lane or lose his exclusive on the biggest story of the war. Performed by: R.F. Daley (narrator), Jennifer Aspen, Jim Meskimen, Shane Johnson, and Tait Ruppert.

Man-Killers of the Air: Smoke Burnham is betting his life that he can fly his plane, Super Comet—with his pet cheetah Patty—across the mountains and jungles of South America to a prize-winning payday. Performed by: R.F. Daley (narrator), Shane Johnson, Corey Burton, Jim Meskimen, and Keli Daniels.

The Sky-Crasher: Caution Jones, a man who, despite his nickname, risks the hazards of a breathtaking, around-the-world flight while a rival airline desperately tries to sabotage his every move. Performed by: R.F. Daley (narrator), Shannon Evans, Jason Faunt, Enn Reitel, Jim Meskimen, Tait Ruppert, and James King.

All Frontiers Are Jealous: Dan Courtney’s been hired to survey the land that would link up the Uganda Railway to the Anglo-Egyptian railroad. Along the way, he encounters diamond smugglers, a fearsome native tribe, a beautiful young woman … and a man determined to kill her. Performed by: R.F. Daley (narrator), Rick Pasqualone, Christina Huntington, Enn Reitel, Jim Meskimen, and Thomas Silcott.

Hurtling Wings: Speed Kyle, builder of planes, and Cal Bradley, daredevil test pilot, need money quick and the answer is the National Air Meet. But there is sabotage in the air and love on the ground—and together they make a very volatile mix. Performed by: R.F. Daley (narrator), Eric Matheny, Bob Caso, Jim Meskimen, and Tamra Meskimen.