AN IMMERSIVE LISTENING EXPERIENCE

Experience this classic historical fiction adventure as never before in an unabridged dramatized production. A versatile ensemble cast brings every character to life, enhanced by original music and thousands of cinematic sound effects that place you in the heart of the action. For the best experience, we recommend listening with headphones. Then close your eyes and experience the adventure as if you were there.

“A perfect ‘theatre of the mind’ listening experience.” —Midwest Book Review

HE'S THE BEST WAR CORRESPONDENT IN CHINA. SO WHO KEEPS BEATING HIM TO THE STORY?

Bat Conroy of World Press lives for one thing: getting the story first. Covering the war in China, he follows battles, dodges bullets and files copy from places most reporters would never dare to go.

Then a rival named Perry Lane starts scooping him on story after story—even when Bat never sees the mysterious correspondent anywhere near the action.

Now Bat has been handed the biggest assignment yet. Americans trapped in the besieged city of Fu-Chiang are running out of food and fighting a cholera outbreak. Bat must take a battered riverboat up the Yangtze with medical supplies, cross active battle lines and bring help before it is too late.

But the farther he travels, the stranger the competition becomes. Perry Lane somehow knows what is happening aboard the boat almost as soon as Bat does. And a bold young stowaway who keeps changing her name seems to know far more about China—and Bat—than she should.

For Bat, the mission is becoming more than a scoop. He has lives to save, a reputation to defend and a rival he is determined to unmask.

Blending wartime danger with sharp dialogue, humor and mystery, Inky Odds is fast-paced historical fiction and action adventure fiction built around a war correspondent racing through 1930s China for the story of his life.

Drawing on his broad knowledge of the world, its people and professions, L. Ron Hubbard created vivid historical adventures shaped by the places, technology and conflicts of their time.

Part of the L. Ron Hubbard Historical Fiction Collection—12 books featuring 17 classic stories—available in paperback, eBook and full-cast dramatized audiobook. If you enjoy the historical adventures of Jack London and Wilbur Smith, discover another master storyteller of historical fiction.