The Phantom Patrol
(Action/Adventure)
By L. Ron Hubbard
ISBN #978-1592123278
Price $9.95
148 Pages
Rating 5-Stars
“Thrilling Pulp Adventure.”
Johnny Trescott is CPO of the Coast Guard Patrol boat
CG 1004. Johnny is hoping to run down Georges Coquelin, captain of the
notorious Phantom Patrol. Coquelin is transporting drugs to the US, and
anything else he can get his hands on. When Trescott receives a radio alert
about a plane in the water, he turns the boat towards the sinking plane. It’s
carrying millionaire businessman James Ferguson, two pilots and a stewardess. They
reach it barely in time to rescue the crew and Ferguson, but Coquelin and his
pirate crew have sneaked up in the storm and all disappear for three months. Although
CG 1004 is reported attacking and robbing ships and killing passengers, and the
captain of the boat looks a lot like Trescott. The Coast Guard believes
Trescott has turned crook, and is holding Ferguson for ransom. Meanwhile,
Truscott and his crew, as well as the plane crew and Ferguson, are all
prisoners of Coquelin on an island. It’s up to Truscott to escape somehow and
bring help to capture the Coquelin and rescue the prisoners. This short novel
was originally published in the January 1935 issue of FIVE NOVELS. As with all
of Hubbard’s early pulp writing, there is plenty of action to go with a good
plot and interesting characters. These
old stories were some of his best writing during the heyday of the pulp
magazines. Highly recommended.
Tom Johnson
Author of TREASURE OF JUR
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