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(Lightly abridged from the entry with full plot summary at my journal here)

Since I've been rediscovering the joy of the way Algy actually has a character in the early books, I thought I'd put the second published Biggles book next on my reading list. I suspect that since it's set in central Brazil, it is sadly unlikely that there will be many squid attacks. (Though who am I to judge? Johnsiverse squid could probably drag themselves over to the Andes using their tentacles alone.) We might be in luck and get some piranhas though...

The Cruise of the Condor (1933)
Very Basic Plot Synopsis: Shortly after the end of WWI, Biggles' eccentric explorer uncle, Dickpa, appeals to Biggles and Algy to help him with an expedition to discover Atahualpa's lost treasure in the depths of darkest Brazil. They, clearly being adrenalin junkies, agree. In their quest they are threatened by greedy rubber moguls, and attacked by crocodiles, natives, waterfalls, condors, giant crabs, and plane-eating ants. It is fifteen different shades of awesome. They discover a lost Incan town, and the lost treasure, but promptly lose it again in a volcanic eruption. Woe. Now, on to the entertainment!

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