Launched from the Castle

A Daring Adventure #7

by Peter Reese Doyle

Joseph Braun's villa is shielded by forest, surrounded by a ten-foot-high stone wall, guarded by former intelligence officers, and protected by a state-of-the-art security system. So how where the thieves able to steal Anatole Navarre's priceless jewel collection?

David Curtis and Mark and Penny Daring's first few days in Frankfurt hold more action and adventure than they bargained for! When the kids are given permission to explore an old castle, they uncover more than a history lesson. Fresh tire tracks. An abandoned guard shed. A broken hang glider. A compact radio set. They all point to the scene of the crime.

But as the kids zero in on the culprits, they move deeper into danger and become separated! Struggling to survive, can the kids outwit the only thieves smart enough to pull of such a heist?

Genres: Fiction

130 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1995

About the author

Peter Reese Doyle is the author of the "Daring Adventure Series" for young readers, published by Focus on the Family as well as the historical series "Drums of War." Doyle writes historical novels "to interest boys and girls in the origins of our American Republic and the principles for which our forefather went to war against Great Britain," he says. "I want to cover the history of the war, using the form of historical fiction, to tell the real story of battles and events in that great struggle for personal liberty under constitutional government."

A graduate of Washington and Lee University, Doyle and his wife, Sally Ann, live in Opelika, Alabama.