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In wartime Egypt, can a British submarine commander trust his Italian lover?
1941: The teeming city of Alexandria is almost under siege by the Afrika Korps. A vortex of ancient loves and murderous intrigues, Alexandria is the Royal Navy's major Eastern Mediterranean base. But Italian frogmen and their so-called 'human torpedoes' are posing a lethal threat to British warships.
Hardly the time or place for a British submarine commander to fall in...
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World War Two is almost upon them. But first the submariners must face another danger…
As the shadow of Nazism descends on Europe, Britain at last begins to prepare her defences. Trials start for a new class of submarine in the mouth of the Clyde.
Royal Navy submariner Rufus Chalk, on board as an observer, has misgivings. There are technical problems, small enough in themselves but together possibly dangerous.
On this first dive in the open sea,...
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In this stunning adventure set in war-torn France-a British agent finds herself in Nazi territory-and unsure about who to trust . . .
It's the spring of 1944 and Rosie Ewing is returning to German-occupied France, by air, this time.
She's carrying a radio, half a million francs, a pistol, and two cyanide capsules to Finistere in north-west Brittany.
With D-Day looming, Rosie fears that the man who'll be meeting her on the ground tonight...
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What price for the treasures of the Aphrodite Cargo?
Tom Clinker, a former wartime member of the Special Boat Squadron, is in intensive care after a savage beating.
With the hospital being surveyed constantly, the watcher's interest is transferred to Mike Clinker – who from his dying father's ravings has picked up fragments of a story about a cargo of Nazi loot, lost off the Greek island of Aphos forty years previously.
Knowledge of the Aphrodite...
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The third book in the SBS Trilogy features an incredibly dangerous and secret mission in a tumultuous Syria Charlie Swale of the SAS would never have dreamed of betraying his country. But nor could he ever have imagined that the Soviets would be able to dupe him… Charlie had been a hero in his day. Then he'd hit the bottle. And then he'd hit hard times. So when he is given the chance to redeem himself in a top-secret SBS mission to Syria, he knows...
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The Spetsnaz have secretly infiltrated deep beyond the NATO borders in Norway in the second book in the SBS Trilogy Former SBS Captain Ollie Lyle is assigned to a civilian expedition into Norwegian Lapland, where a nationalist movement's actions have seemingly escalated into terrorism and murder. As Lyle and his team penetrate further into the icy interior, they discover the terrible truth behind the killings: a vicious Russian undercover operation...
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The second in the gripping historical Andy Holt Naval Thrillers seriesSummer 1940: Andy Holt is second mate on the SS Barranquilla, sailing from the Clyde to Cuba. Though the outward journey may be perilous, it's the homeward trip where the real danger lies: U-boats prefer their victims deep-laden and full of cargo.There have been heavy losses off Norway and Dunkirk – the vital priority is for escorting destroyers to counter the invasion threat....
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The vivid retelling of one of the most famous battles in naval history. On the last day of August 1591, Sir Richard Grenville in his famous galleon, the Revenge, must fight alone for fifteen hours against a fleet of Spanish galleons, each three times her size. Grenville, cousin of Sir Walter Raleigh and lifelong rival of Sir Francis Drake, is a soldier, sailor, and above all, servant of the Queen. Can he seize the moment in a supreme gamble? He must...
9) Final Dive
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A priceless cargo at the bottom of the ocean tempts the brave, and the foolish…In the depths of the Atlantic lies a cargo containing both gold and atomic secrets, upon which a Ukrainian retrieval vessel has sinister designs. They are not the only crew with hope of reaching the stranded treasure, and the race to the bottom is one of unconscionable risk and reward. But in the thrill and adventure of the dive, will they forget that to reach the ocean...
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