The Air Pirate is a thriller by Guy Thorne — the pen name of Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull — a prolific Edwardian popular novelist who wrote sensational fiction across a range of genres. Published in an era when aviation was still new and glamorous, the novel capitalizes on the public’s excitement about flight, casting the skies as a new frontier for crime and daring.
Thorne’s work was aimed squarely at readers hungry for fast-paced entertainment, and The Air Pirate delivers aerial adventure in the tradition of early-twentieth-century thriller fiction. The free EPUB download gives modern readers access to a genre piece that captures how the dawn of flight captured the imagination of an entire era.