A historical adventure chronicling the exploits of the Special Boat
Squadron, the seaborne raiders who, by strength and guile, carried out
World War Two's most daring covert operations.
From this moment on, you and your men, you don't exist. Formed in the
darkest hours of the Second World War, as nation after nation fell
before the unstoppable Axis advance, the task of the SBS was to strike
back at an enemy no army could meet in the field. Trained in sabotage
and surveillance, the Special Boat Squadron raided deep behind enemy
lines, sowing chaos and capturing much-needed intelligence. Soldiers,
adventurers and rogues, their methods were unorthodox, their success
rate unprecedented.
Operation Anglo, 31 August 1942.
Beneath the waves of the Mediterranean, HMS Traveller closes in on the
coast of Rhodes. Aboard, eight SBS commandos check their weapons as they
prepare to infiltrate and sabotage two Axis bomber fields. Only two of
the eight commandos will make it back to alive. Ex-Black Watch Sgt Jim
Hunter will be one of the lucky ones, but what he will face next will
make Operation Anglo look like a cakewalk.
Reviewers on Iain Gale:
'A powerful novel of men at war. A triumph.' Bernard Cornwell on Four
Days in June
'Very exciting.' Daily Telegraph on the Jack Steele series
