The Torch Bearers
Reeks: Nicholas Everard Naval Thrillers
Alexander Fullerton
- The
- trap
- is
- laid.
- Now,
- Nick
- Everard
- must
- wait
- for
- the
- U-boats
- to
- arrive…
Autumn
- 1942:
- Sir
- Nicholas
- Everard,
- Captain
- of
- HMS
- Harbinger,
- has
- a
- convoy
- to
- escort:
- big
- and
- slow,
- with
- just
- one
- destroyer,
- two
- corvettes
- and
- a
- few
- trawlers
- to
- protect
- it.
- This
- will
- not
- be
- an
- easy
- mission.Meanwhile,
- U-boat
- pack
- commander
- Max
- Looff
- can
- hardly
- believe
- his
- luck.
- His
- nerve
- is
- going
- and
- he
- knows
- it:
- but
- now
- he
- has
- a
- one-in-a-million
- chance
- to
- annihilate
- an
- entire
- convoy.Little
- does
- Looff
- know,
- however,
- that
- Everard
- and
- his
- ships
- are
- bait:
- designed
- to
- distract
- the
- Germans
- from
- the
- real
- ‘Torch’
- invasion
- forces.
- The
- game
- is
- on.For
- readers
- of
- Alexander
- Kent,
- Julian
- Stockwin
- and
- C
- S
- Forester,
- this
- is
- a
- thrilling
- tale
- of
- gallantry
- and
- determination
- in
- the
- face
- of
- enormous
- danger.‘The
- prose
- has
- a
- real
- sense
- of
- urgency,
- and
- so
- has
- the
- theme.
- The
- tension
- rarely
- slackens.’
- Times
- Literary
- Supplement‘The
- research
- is
- unimpeachable
- and
- the
- scent
- of
- battle
- quite
- overpowering.’
- The
- Sunday
- Times‘The
- accuracy
- and
- flair
- of
- Forester
- at
- his
- best…
- carefully
- crafted,
- exciting
- and
- full
- of
- patiently
- assembled
- technical
- detail
- that
- never
- intrudes
- on
- a
- good
- narrative
- line’
- Irish Times
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