Indiana James: Desafío a las Estrellas

Catalog Description "Desafío a las estrellas" (Challenge to the Stars), a science fiction adventure serial, follows Indiana James, a jaded adventurer recuperating in Sri Lanka who is summoned by Lina Ayers, a red-haired woman who arrives at the airport and transforms into a she-wolf during a gunfight with Italian assassins. Ayers reveals she is the daughter of "Grey Eyes," an extraterrestrial werewolf James encountered previously. The narrative establishes that a race of alien shapeshifters has been stranded on Earth, subject to uncontrollable mutations. Ayers briefs James during their flight to the United States about the Sinanthropus Erectus—skeletal remains discovered in 1929 near Beijing containing mysterious hieroglyphic stones that only werewolves can decipher. The artifacts vanished during World War II near Pearl Harbor. Ayers indicates these stones remain hidden, held by neither Chinese nor American governments, and hints James's assistance is needed to save humanity. The story blends pulp adventure conventions with science fiction and supernatural elements.