While London stood stolidly in the face of relentless Luftwaffe bombing attacks, petty criminal and expert safe-breaker Frank Raymond was on the run. He only stopped running when he enlisted in the Army. Though Frank had joined up as a last-ditch, desperate attempt to save his life, he’d actually found his calling. He even went […]
Sam Hollis, a gunner, was no stranger to war. He had seen a lot of action, but even he had never come across anything like this – a solitary Gurkha by the name of Ganju Pun preparing to hold off a heavy Japanese assault… It made more sense to turn and run and it certainly […]
They were very different, were Lieutenants Gregor MacBeth and Adam Wiley. Gregor was an action man, a fearless Commando, ever in danger’s way. Adam was a thinker, an intelligence man with an eye for detail that made him a priceless asset behind the scenes. Then, one fateful night, Adam landed in danger the like of […]
A figure moved silently in the darkness of the jungle clearing…then another – and moments later two sentries fell unconscious without a sound. Swiftly the intruders stepped over the inert bodies and through the door of the now unguarded hut. But these attackers wore the same uniform as the sentries and they were in the […]
In the late 1700s, Ensign Francis Allingham, of the Wessex Dragoons, and his friend, junior naval Lieutenant John Harker, joined forces to help rescue French aristocrats from the “Reign of Terror” – a dark period in history when the rulers of the new republic executed any who stood against them. Despite the risks, Francis’ special […]
All it took was one shot from a flare pistol to bring the entire German armoured column to a chaotic standstill. There was no shock wave, no heat blast…just a silent explosion of brilliant light that blinded every pair of eyes within a mile. Even inside tanks there was no protection from this unearthly glare, […]
Canadian sniper Michel Caron had been recruited by Gabe Dubois, his adopted brother, for a special mission that required expert, high-precision shooting. In the bombed-out ruins of Caen in Northern France, death lurked in every shadow – and the brothers soon realised that both of them would have to be ready to sacrifice anything, even […]
Joe Brady was as tough as the Liverpool slums that had bred him – and, boy, he could hate! The many Nazis he met knew the cold ferocity which blazed in his eyes as he swept into battle, but they could tell no one. For dead men tell no tales.
When German forces invaded the Netherlands in 1940, Dutch Army Lieutenants Dirk Dreise and Ruud Aaker fought in the front line. The campaign went against them, though, forcing them to escape to England where they were assigned to clandestine intelligence work. Eventually the tide of war turned and in 1944 they were back in their […]
High on a rocky crag on the west coast of Scotland stood Whitecrest House, home of the Mackay family of Strathfiddich. Over the centuries its grim, stone walls had looked down on many tales of bravery, mystery and intrigue. Now, in the Second World War, it was being put to a peaceful purpose – a […]
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