Biggles turns double agent!
Biggles is in London on leave from the Front when he is approached by a stranger who greets him as -Captain Brunow-. Curious, Biggles plays along with the mistaken identity, and is quickly offered the chance to become a spy for the Germans!
Reporting the encounter to Air Staff Intelligence, Biggles is encouraged to seize the opportunity and find out all he can about a German known only as El Shereef, operating somewhere in Palestine-
Biggles soon finds himself in Zabala, a German aerodrome in Palestine, reporting to Count von Fauborg of the German Secret Service and his chief of staff, one Erich von Stalhein - the first appearance of Biggles- greatest nemesis. As Biggles draws closer to unmasking El Shereef, at all times he must ensure his own identity is never revealed, or he will be shot as a spy.
A tense, thrilling Biggles espionage adventure in the deserts of the Levant.