‘Whiting… is a skilled and prolific writer’ - The Spectator
Germany, October 1945.
The war is over; the SAS is disbanded.
But Major Rory O'Sullivan is still determined to trace the mysterious Dr Barsch, infamous for his horrific crimes which included murdering and torturing SAS prisoners taken in France.
Hell-bent on seeking revenge, O’Sullivan will stop at nothing to find this despicable war criminal.
Funded directly by the newly deposed Churchill, two jeep-loads of the former SAS set off on the hunt for the wanted man.
But a secret SS organisation — ‘The Spider’ — is working against them.
Determined that Dr Barsch and other war criminals should escape Allied justice, they use any means - fair or foul - in an attempt to thwart these secret hunters.
But these Neo-Nazis are not alone in attempting to stop the secret SAS hunters finding their quarry.
General ‘Blood and Guts’ Patton, the governor of the US Zone of Occupation, believes that he can only stop a Communist take-over by employing ex-Nazis to run the civilian administration.
He orders limey-hating, pro-German Colonel Helmut Ziller to find and stop the SAS.
With multiple forces working against them, can O’Sullivan and his team trace Dr Barsch in time?
And what price will they have to pay to exact their revenge?
‘Whiting… is a skilled and prolific writer. His comments on the generals are apt… An important book that records one of the most difficult yet least publicised phases of the war’ - The Spectator
‘Whiting is a very experienced popular military historian who gets the last ounce of drama from the bloody battles in the West between September 1944 and February 1945’ - The Times
'A masterly WWII action story.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Cold Kill'.
'A classic account of a terrible battle.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'Trade Off'.
Charles Whiting wrote under many names including Leo Kessler and John Kerrigan. Born in York in 1926, the author volunteered for the Army aged 16 in 1943, where he saw active service in Belgium, Holland and Germany with the 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment. After leaving university in 1953 he went to live abroad and worked as editor, businessman, The Times Educational Supplement correspondent, and later as an assistant professor and lecturer at several universities around the world. He became a full-time writer in 1973, and returned to write in England in 1988. Charles Whiting now has over 200 books published, encompassing military history, espionage, biography and action fiction. Holder of the Sir George Dowty Prize for Literature, the author, also known by his pseudonym Duncan Harding, is one of the most borrowed authors in libraries.
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Germany, October 1945.
The war is over; the SAS is disbanded.
But Major Rory O'Sullivan is still determined to trace the mysterious Dr Barsch, infamous for his horrific crimes which included murdering and torturing SAS prisoners taken in France.
Hell-bent on seeking revenge, O’Sullivan will stop at nothing to find this despicable war criminal.
Funded directly by the newly deposed Churchill, two jeep-loads of the former SAS set off on the hunt for the wanted man.
But a secret SS organisation — ‘The Spider’ — is working against them.
Determined that Dr Barsch and other war criminals should escape Allied justice, they use any means - fair or foul - in an attempt to thwart these secret hunters.
But these Neo-Nazis are not alone in attempting to stop the secret SAS hunters finding their quarry.
General ‘Blood and Guts’ Patton, the governor of the US Zone of Occupation, believes that he can only stop a Communist take-over by employing ex-Nazis to run the civilian administration.
He orders limey-hating, pro-German Colonel Helmut Ziller to find and stop the SAS.
With multiple forces working against them, can O’Sullivan and his team trace Dr Barsch in time?
And what price will they have to pay to exact their revenge?
Praise for Charles Whiting
‘Whiting… is a skilled and prolific writer. His comments on the generals are apt… An important book that records one of the most difficult yet least publicised phases of the war’ - The Spectator
‘Whiting is a very experienced popular military historian who gets the last ounce of drama from the bloody battles in the West between September 1944 and February 1945’ - The Times
'A masterly WWII action story.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Cold Kill'.
'A classic account of a terrible battle.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'Trade Off'.
Charles Whiting wrote under many names including Leo Kessler and John Kerrigan. Born in York in 1926, the author volunteered for the Army aged 16 in 1943, where he saw active service in Belgium, Holland and Germany with the 52nd Reconnaissance Regiment. After leaving university in 1953 he went to live abroad and worked as editor, businessman, The Times Educational Supplement correspondent, and later as an assistant professor and lecturer at several universities around the world. He became a full-time writer in 1973, and returned to write in England in 1988. Charles Whiting now has over 200 books published, encompassing military history, espionage, biography and action fiction. Holder of the Sir George Dowty Prize for Literature, the author, also known by his pseudonym Duncan Harding, is one of the most borrowed authors in libraries.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
