November 1941.
After the dramatic sinking of his first command – HMS Defiant – Lieutenant Commander George Steadfast needs a break.
But less than a week later he is called to the Admiralty.
He is being sent straight off on another mission.
And the orders for this one come straight from Sir Winston Churchill.
Steadfast is being sent to the Mediterranean to rescue an Albanian scientist called Janos Dobransky.
Dobransky has invented a compound that is vital to the war effort.
Unaware of his importance, the Italians have captured him and are keeping him and other prisoners in a fortress off the Albanian coast.
It is of vital importance that he is rescued before the Germans realise who he is.
The mission is top secret, and Steadfast’s orders are clear: Get Dobransky back. No high jinks. No bravado. Just straight in and straight out.
With the fortress manned from all sides, how will Steadfast manage to infiltrate the island?
Can he complete his mission without the Nazi’s catching wind of what Churchill is up to?
Or will his latest – and most daring – mission be his last…?
‘Action This Day’ is a gripping naval thriller that combines convincing period detail with full-throttle story-telling, with almost every incident based on a true event in one of the thousands of convoys during the Second World War. It is the follow up to ‘First Command’.
'You can taste the salt and feel the danger. A fantastic read.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'Trade Off'.
Richard Freeman graduated in mathematics before following a career in distance education. He now writes on naval history. His other books include ‘First Command’, ‘Midway’, ‘Pearl Harbor’ and ‘Coral Sea 1942’.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading publisher of digital books.
After the dramatic sinking of his first command – HMS Defiant – Lieutenant Commander George Steadfast needs a break.
But less than a week later he is called to the Admiralty.
He is being sent straight off on another mission.
And the orders for this one come straight from Sir Winston Churchill.
Steadfast is being sent to the Mediterranean to rescue an Albanian scientist called Janos Dobransky.
Dobransky has invented a compound that is vital to the war effort.
Unaware of his importance, the Italians have captured him and are keeping him and other prisoners in a fortress off the Albanian coast.
It is of vital importance that he is rescued before the Germans realise who he is.
The mission is top secret, and Steadfast’s orders are clear: Get Dobransky back. No high jinks. No bravado. Just straight in and straight out.
With the fortress manned from all sides, how will Steadfast manage to infiltrate the island?
Can he complete his mission without the Nazi’s catching wind of what Churchill is up to?
Or will his latest – and most daring – mission be his last…?
‘Action This Day’ is a gripping naval thriller that combines convincing period detail with full-throttle story-telling, with almost every incident based on a true event in one of the thousands of convoys during the Second World War. It is the follow up to ‘First Command’.
'You can taste the salt and feel the danger. A fantastic read.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'Trade Off'.
Richard Freeman graduated in mathematics before following a career in distance education. He now writes on naval history. His other books include ‘First Command’, ‘Midway’, ‘Pearl Harbor’ and ‘Coral Sea 1942’.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading publisher of digital books.
