This is a true historical account of war in the air, at sea and on land
in the battle for Malta's survival in the Second World War. It was a
battle which decided the outcome of the war in North Africa and the
Mediterranean. Adrian Warburton went missing in 1944 in a single-seat
American aircraft. He had flown at least 395 operational missions mostly
from Malta. Unusually for a reconnaissance pilot, Warby as he was known
was credited with nine aircraft shot down. He lay undiscovered for sixty
years. He is the RAFs most highly decorated photo-recce pilot.
In Malta, Adrian met Christina, a stranded dancer turned aircraft
plotter in the secret world deep beneath Vallettas fortress walls. She
too was decorated for heroism. Together, they became part of the islands
folklore. How important was Malta and the girl from Cheshire to the man
behind the medals? This tale takes the form of a quest opening in a
cemetery in Bavaria and closing in another in Malta. In between, the
reader is immersed within the tension and drama surrounding Maltas
Greater Siege retracing the steps of the main characters over the
forever changed face of the island following its heroic victory.