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A young recruit. A legendary battle. A cataclysmic war. A baptism
by fire...Kelly Maguire knew from a young age that he could
accomplish great things. As World War I begins, Kelly enlists in
the Royal Navy, hoping to win both the war and glory. But from the
barbarous battles of Gallipoli to the nightmarish action of
Antwerp, Kelly learns the trials a soldier must face: trials that
will forge him into a man. As the epic battle of Jutland
approaches, everything is at stake. From acclaimed novelist Max
Hennessy comes a gritty naval adventure, full of blood, guts and
heroism in the face of danger.
Battle is joined...Hero of Jutland in World War I, Kelly Maguire
progresses rapidly through Navy ranks during the dangerous post-War
years. Amidst the Russian Civil War, British forces must rescue
thousands of terrified White Army men from rampaging Communist
militias. Maguire gets stuck in, risking everything. From Russia,
he moves on to China, and a gunboat incident on the Yangtze. His
resolve is tested when he must choose between his childhood
sweetheart to a wealthy aristocrat. From old enemies to old flames,
Maguire will once again have to risk it all to prove his worth. An
awe-inspiring tale of adventure and war, The Dangerous Years has a
thrilling historical sweep, and showcases a classic storyteller at
the very peak of his powers.
The crescendo of war, a crushing blow, a path to
redemption...Peacetime political machinations threaten Kelly
Maguire's ambitions to be a Captain. But then war breaks out, and
the world needs men who are willing to risk everything. As World
War II explodes, and after a devastating loss in the Battle of
Narvik, Maguire finds himself washed up at Dunkirk during the
evacuation of 1940. Once more he must prove his worth. On the
ocean, and the beaches, Kelly will fight for his country, and for
the ones he loves. But, on the verge of true greatness after the
Normandy landings, he is tasked with one final mission, one that
could end his career... Back to Battle is an earth-shattering novel
set at the heart of the bloodiest war ever fought.
One last mission, but this time it's personal...In the Spring of
1920 the Mexican revolution was almost over. Just across the border
in Texas was Martin Falconer, barely out of his teens yet already a
veteran airman. He had only just escaped from the Russian Civil War
with his three friends, Slingsby, 'Puddy' Pudhovkin and 'Tommy'
Tucker, and they were all looking forward to a little peace. Martin
had cabled his girlfriend Charley, who was in Mexico with her
father, to come and meet him. But his hopes are shattered when they
arrive in the border town of Camarillo to collect Charley, and the
four airmen are caught in the middle of a battle. When the dust
settles, they discover that the retreating Mexican bandits had
taken Charley as a hostage. Martin tries to enlist official aid,
but without success. It was up to them - and all they had to use
against a desperate band of rebels were two battered aeroplanes, a
broken down Avro and a de Havilland with broken wings. This will be
his most challenging flight. The absolutely thrilling finale to the
Martin Falconer thrillers, a tour de force of wartime storytelling,
perfect for fans of Alastair MacLean, Alexander Fullerton and David
Black.
The First World War is over. But Martin Falconer's story is only
just beginning.1919. Martin Falconer, a veteran airman while still
in his teens and now adjusting to peacetime, is asked to go to
Russia to fight the Bolsheviks. His answer? 'Try and stop me.' The
Great War had taken away much of Martin's idealism, shown him the
gruesome realities of battle. But the Russia of 1919, a chaotic,
desperate country, shows him another sort of conflict, a civil war
of great savagery and bitterness on both sides. Nothing is as
simple as he had thought. But the danger and excitement as he flies
over the Russian steppes will only further his extraordinary
legacy. The continuation of the completely gripping WWI aviation
thrillers, for fans of W. E. Johns, Alastair MacLean and Alan
Evans.
Man against man. Face to face. One machine against another.It was
shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. Martin Falconer
and his friend, Frank, were anxious to 'get into the scrap' as soon
as possible, their youth blinding them to the real danger of it
all. Geoffrey, Martin's elder brother, knew that it wasn't a game.
He had fought in the trenches, been wounded and had seen friends
die. For Geoffrey the R.F.C. offered an opportunity to escape the
mud and horror of the Front, while for Martin and Frank it was the
chance to be in at the start of a totally different kind of
fighting. They were to be pioneers. A scintillating, full-throttle
thriller of the First World War, perfect for fans of W. E. Johns,
Derek Robinson and Geoffrey Wellum.
To swing the tide of the war, he must take to the air once again.It
was 1916. The First World War had still two years to run. Martin
Falconer, at eighteen an experienced pilot with service in France
to his credit, was kicking his heels in England, awaiting another
posting to the Front. Throughout the spring he watched the progress
of the war, especially the war in the air, acknowledging to himself
the German's superiority. Their machines were better, and they had
produced the war's best-known hero of the air, the Red Baron.
British machines were poor, morale was low, and the odds were
stacked against them. Finally, at the beginning of April, Martin
was sent again to France - but this was the month that became known
as Bloody April, when a pilot's life-expectancy was two weeks, and
Martin found himself in a unit demoralised and ill-managed. John
Harris's sombre picture of Britain at war is as compelling as only
the truth can be, perfect for fans of W. E. Johns, Alexander
Fullerton and David Black.
A hunt that will decide the victor of the Second World
War...Throughout the summer of 1944, southern England was
transformed into one huge armed camp as the allied forces made
their final preparations for D-Day. It was at this crucial moment
in history that the Fox emerged from his lair. The Fox had many
names and many disguises, but behind them all lay the resource and
ingenuity of a dedicated German agent. His very existence was not
suspected until a totally unexpected E-Boat attack on a landing
resulting in hundreds of casualties, and the loss of a set of
top-secret plans detailing the invasion. Desperate to stop them
falling into enemy hands, two officers are tasked with recovering
the plans and taking out the Fox. Failure would mean the total
defeat of the allied forces. Failure is not an option... A
gripping, action-packed D-Day thriller from a master of the war
story, perfect for fans of Frederick Forsyth, John le Carre and
Alistair MacLean.
An ambitious plan, a looming fortress, a devastating
battle...Famous for its ancient hilltop monastery, Monte Cassino
achieved a new and grimmer renown in the Second World War when it
became a German bastion against the Allied advance through Italy.
Even in February 1944, when the abbey buildings had been reduced to
rubble by aerial bombardment, the mountain itself continued to
command the adjoining river valleys and to block the road to Rome.
Cassino had to be taken. Frontal assault had proved a costly
failure, but now the highly ambitious Brigadier Heathfield had
devised a plan for an outflanking operation. Total victory, or
total defeat, could hinge on this single mission. A stirring and
powerful thriller concerning the final years of the Second World
War, perfect for fans of Alistair MacLean, David McDine and Jack
Higgins.
One last mission, a disastrous result, an impossible escape...Last
in the RAF Trilogy, this story charts the final days of service of
world-class British fighter pilot Dicken Quinney, in his most
dangerous adventure yet. It is the summer of 1939, and the greatest
war in history is on the horizon. Dicken is stationed in France
when the fighting starts, but disaster strikes and his plane is
shot out of the sky above enemy territory. Beset on all sides with
mortal peril, and with only his own survival skills to aid him,
Dicken is forced to make a breathtaking escape across Nazi Europe,
pursued by his nemesis, General Lee Tse Liu. The crowning finale to
the RAF trilogy, Once More the Hawks is a triumph, perfect for fans
of Thomas Wood, W. E. Johns and David Black.
They fought without glory - and without mercy.France, Winter 1944:
The long-awaited liberation is at hand The bombing missions had
gone well, and the crew of the Lancaster bomber had begun to relax.
Then the Messerschmitt came out of the darkness, its guns blazing.
Of the nine-man crew only Neville and Urqhart survive, parachuting
into the heart of occupied France. Joining forces with the men of
the French Resistance, they must enter a deadly game of cat and
mouse with a ruthless enemy... A nerve-shredding thriller of the
Second World War, steeped in historical research, perfect for fans
of Alistair MacLean, Jack Higgins and Wilbur Smith.
Martin Falconer had one big anxiety: would they let him fly
again?Grounded in England at the beginning of 1918, it was a
struggle, for escaped prisoners of war weren't generally allowed to
return to the front, but Martin pestered the authorities and, at
last, found himself back in France. But the character of the war
was changing. Everyone had suddenly become efficiency-conscious,
and the freedom of choice which he had valued so much in his life
as a pilot was disappearing. Martin had to settle down to the grim,
monotonous business that aerial warfare had now become. It was work
that took a terrible toll on the nerves, even of someone as young
and strong as he was. He longed to be able to solve the problem,
and for the war to be over, so that he could start to find out what
he really wanted from life. A gripping story, totally convincing in
its portrayal of the ordeals and rewards of flying in the First
World War, for fans of Alexander Fullerton and W. E. Johns.
One day in 1914, a young man took to the air, and a legend was
born...Dicken Quinney never forgot that first flight in a fragile
contraption of sealing-wax and string, the start of a lifelong
obsession with flying. He was to spend the next four years in the
deadly cut-and-thrust of aerial dogfights over France and Italy,
collecting a chestful of medals, and a reputation as one of the
Great War's leading aces. He would hone his skills in an array of
aircraft, and as the war reaches its climax, he must undergo one
final test in order to emerge victorious. And with his life intact.
A love letter to aviation, perfect for fans of W. E. Johns and
Wilbur Smith.
The fate of a continent rests on one devastating battle...The
Eighth Army, gathering its strength in the Nile delta, was
preparing for a major assault against the combined forces of
Rommel's Afrika Korps. One of the places the Korps occupied was the
little port of Qaba, two hundred miles to the west of Cairo.
British Lieutenant-Colonel George Hockold saw great potential in
Qaba, planning an offensive there to both distract the enemy and
rob them of essential fuel supplies. This was the start of what
came to be known as 'Operation Cut-Price', carried out by perhaps
the oddest assortment of makeshift commandos ever brought together.
Their objective was quite simple: to take... or destroy. An
intensely exciting war thriller observed with shrewdness, humour
and compassion, perfect for fans of Alistair MacLean, Jack Higgins
and David McDine.
A new enemy, a savage battlefield, a devastating loss...Dicken
Quinney proved himself as a brilliant and heroic pilot in World War
One, saving the lives of his fellow RAF servicemen, and winning a
slew of medals. It is now the near aftermath of the Great War, and
Dicken is engaged in an ongoing dogfight over the Baltic states
with Bolshevik fighters, during the Russian Revolution. He must use
everything he has learned in his formative years in order to
survive, and will be forced to overcome a terrible loss that
threatens to destroy him. An awe-inspiring, non-stop action
military thriller, perfect for fans of David Black and Graham
Parry.
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