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The Long Drop

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:11:04 +0300

A top-secret commando raid into Occupied France

French Resistance fighters uncover the position of a secret German store containing files and reports of vital information on the movement of troops. The details are passed to British Intelligence, who formulate an ingenious plan – to break into the heavily guarded store and steal the information – thus gaining the upper hand for a precious few hours.

This was a job that demanded a tough, ruthless, highly trained band of men. Men who could parachute into enemy-occupied territory and efficiently carry out an operation that depended on split-second timing – and who could get out again with the vital papers. Men like those of commando unit Special Group 404...

Another thrilling commando raid novella from a master of the genre, perfect for fans of Max Hennessy and Alan Evans.

The Long Day's Dying

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 12:17:27 +0200

Three commandos. Cut off. Surrounded. Desperate.

Adapted for the screen by Peter Collinson in 1968, winner of the Golden Shell at the San Sebastián International Film Festival.

They were three soldiers, on watch in the French countryside, their base a disused barn. Three ordinary men seconded into the horrors of World War II, each with his own ideals, his own feelings, his own fears.

Their task was a nightmare of waiting. German forces were stationed over the brow of a hill, and every moment of every day passed in nerve-shattering anticipation of their first clash. When the clash finally came, it was not merely a battle of force and brutality but a complex and murderous struggle between the cunning and ruthlessness of both sides...

The Long Day's Dying is a novel that portrays the horror, the waste, the tension and the terror of war with a passionate realism. The book is a classic; once taken up, it cannot be put down; once read, it will...

The Long Watch

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:11:03 +0300

Sometimes it's the waiting that kills...
Millions of lives could be saved by a top-secret scientific formula. But the professor who holds the information is in the hands of the Germans, closely guarded in a secret laboratory in high-security prison.
A small group of men led by the tough and ruthless Major Rhodes are ordered to smash their way through and rescue the professor. Unseen forces soon threaten the bloody venture, however, and only the most cold-blooded of decisions could save them.
Another thrilling commando raid novel from a master of the genre, perfect for fans of Max Hennessy and Alan Evans.

The Long Fuse

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:20:35 +0300

Once a traitor, always a traitor?
David Hinton is a traitor, both to Britain and Nazi Germany. A British Nazi sympathiser at the start of the war, he answered Fatherland's call, heading to Fortress Europe and broadcasting Nazi propaganda back over the Channel via radio. But then, growing disillusioned with Hitler, he defected again, returning to London.
Now the Allies want him to make one more broadcast, this time for them, from Strasbourg Radio Station.
Captain Colson and his commandos are charged with smuggling the broadcaster back into Occupied France, and getting him behind the microphone. But tensions in Colson's team are running high: the Gestapo is on the lookout for them, and one of the men is a murderer. The long fuse of Colson's dislike for Hinton is fast approaching the flashpoint...
A thrilling commando raid novel from a master of the genre, perfect for fans of Max Hennessy and Alan Evans.
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The Long Night's Walk

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:11:00 +0300

There's only one way home: straight through the enemy.
From the author of The Long Day's Dying, a tense, gripping novella about a daring commando mission in Occupied France during WW2.
Four commandos parachute into occupied Holland. Their mission: to delay and impede German communications long enough to cover the escape of an Allied unit a few miles away. Soon the countryside is in chaos, and the whole German army is hunting for them.
If they miss the rendezvous with the plane sent to extract them, it's a long way home...
Another thrilling commando raid novel from a former WW2 Commando, perfect for fans of Max Hennessy and Alan Evans.

The Long Midnight

Fri, 02 Jul 2021 10:11:02 +0300

You can't hide when the sun never sets...
Norway, 1943. A land in the grip of Nazi occupation, where men and women still fight for freedom in constant danger from German murder squads and Norwegian traitors.
It is to find such a traitor that two men are sent from Britain. Their mission is two-fold. First, to expose the traitor and kill them. Second, to carry out a brilliant and daring operation of rescue and sabotage...
Another thrilling commando raid novella from a master of the genre, perfect for fans of Max Hennessy and Alan Evans.