{"product_id":"2940013336193","title":"THE SKY PILOT IN NO MAN'S LAND","description":"CHAPTER\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI.     ONLY A MISSIONARY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII.    ON THE RED PINE TRAIL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII.   A QUESTION OF CONSCIENCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV.    REJECTED\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eV.     THE WAR DRUM CALLS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVI.    THE MEN OF THE NORTH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVII.   BARRICADES AND BAYONETS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVIII.  A QUESTION OF NERVE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIX.    SUBMARINES, BULLPUPS AND OTHER THINGS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eX.     FRANCE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXI.    THE NEW MESSAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXII.   A MAN OF GOD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIII.  INTENSIVE TRAINING\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIV.   A TOUCH OF WAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXV.    THINNING RANKS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVI.   THE PASSING OF McCUAIG\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVII.  LONDON LEAVE AND PHYLLIS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXVIII. A WEDDING JOURNEY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXIX.   THE PILOT'S LAST PORT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eXX.    \"CARRY ON\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SKY PILOT IN NO MAN'S LAND\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONLY A MISSIONARY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHigh upon a rock, poised like a bird for flight, stark naked, his satin\u003cbr\u003eskin shining like gold and silver in the rising sun, stood a youth,\u003cbr\u003etall, slim of body, not fully developed but with muscles promising, in\u003cbr\u003etheir faultless, gently swelling outline, strength and suppleness to an\u003cbr\u003eunusual degree. Gazing down into the pool formed by an eddy of the river\u003cbr\u003etwenty feet below him, he stood as if calculating the distance, his\u003cbr\u003eprofile turned toward the man who had just emerged from the bushes and\u003cbr\u003ewas standing on the sandy strand of the river, paddle in hand, looking\u003cbr\u003eup at him with an expression of wonder and delight in his eyes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ye gods, what a picture!\" said the man to himself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNoiselessly, as if fearing to send the youth off in flight, he laid his\u003cbr\u003epaddle on the sand, hurriedly felt in his pockets, and swore to himself\u003cbr\u003evigorously when he could find no sketch book there.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What a pose! What an Apollo!\" he muttered.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe sunlight glistening on the beautiful white skin lay like pools of\u003cbr\u003egold in the curving hollows of the perfectly modelled body, and ran like\u003cbr\u003esilver over the rounded swellings of the limbs. Instinct with life he\u003cbr\u003eseemed, something in his pose suggesting that he had either alighted\u003cbr\u003efrom the golden, ambient air, or was about to commit himself to it. The\u003cbr\u003eman on the sand continued to gaze as if he were beholding a creature of\u003cbr\u003eanother world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Oh, Lord! What lines!\" he breathed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSlowly the youth began to move his arms up to the horizontal, then to\u003cbr\u003ethe perpendicular, reaching to the utmost of his height upon his toe\u003cbr\u003etips, breathing deep the while. Smoothly, slowly, the muscles in legs\u003cbr\u003eand thighs, in back, in abdomen, in chest, responding to the exercise\u003cbr\u003emoved under the lustrous skin as if themselves were living things. Over\u003cbr\u003eand over again the action was repeated, the muscles and body moving in\u003cbr\u003erhythmic harmony like some perfect mechanism running in a bath of oil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ye gods of Greece!\" breathed the man. \"What is this thing I see? Flesh\u003cbr\u003eor spirit? Man or god?\" Again he swore at himself for neglecting to\u003cbr\u003ebring his sketch book and pencil.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hello, father! Where are you?\" A girl's voice rang out, high, clear,\u003cbr\u003eand near at hand.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47147518755056,"sku":"2940013336193","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013336193_p0.jpg?v=1763579561","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013336193","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}