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It is March 1918. The Germans are about to take everyone by surprise with an early launch of their spring offensive. There is a feeling that the war simply cannot go on for much longer, but yet Allied ground is being... See More
Historical Fiction
The year is 1824. Hugh Ramsey's regiment, stationed near Calcutta, has just mutinied following rumours of defilement of the salt supply which is offensive to both Hindu's and the Muslims. Disillusioned by the revolt, and... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
1942, North Africa. When Charles Stockdale came down from Oxford in 1932 with a degree in Oriental Languages, he had not planned to find himself, nine years later, as a major commanding the Rover Strike and Reconnaissance... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
A gripping and accurate World War One aviation thriller. Lieutenant Aird is counting the days since war was declared against Germany. His squadron are still in England, a month and a day following the declaration. Was this... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
General Straker was a fighting soldier, as rough, tough and masterful as they come. After proving themselves, Straker's men prepare to join the battle in the north of Algeria. On the way, they are struck by overhead... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
September, 1939. The ferocious attacks of rocket-armed Beaufighters from Italian bases against German shipping ports in the islands of the Jugoslav archipelago had reached desperate intensity. Hurtling few over the water... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
WWII 1944. Trevor Walford, RAF pilot, must hunt and destroy the U-Boat which has captured his brother. Whilst avoiding the enemy Messerschmitt aircraft protecting the sea fleet. Coastal Command base are compiling... See More
Action & Adventure
Longley Base, 1940. Three squadrons - two Hurricane and one Spitfire - are recovering at RAF Longley from the battles of the British retreat from France. Pilots such as Officer Roy Taylor spend their days waiting for the... See More
Action & Adventure
Italy, the summer of 1944. The Allies have captured Rome and landed in Normandy to invade enemy-occupied France. An R.A.F. squadron based in south-eastern Italy are flying its Lysanders and Halifaxes deep behind enemy... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
1940. The Allies are losing the continent. A Blenheim Wing of Coastal Command stand ready. The Station Commander is obsessed with a promotion for himself. A promotion that can only be won by the air crews he insanely... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Britain during World WII. For one man, this war is personal. Templer regards the German enemies with a deep personal hatred. During the Great War he suffered debilitating wounds, and in World War Two he was again... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
In the summer of 1940, war is raging across Europe. Roger Hallowes, and his cousins James and Christopher Fenton, both pilots in the RAF, live in a world of comradeship and tragedy. Roger struggles to keep his crew intact... See More
Action & Adventure
It is the summer of 1917. The Royal Flying Corps, with its Camels and SE5As, are wrestling air supremacy from the Germans. A supremacy the Germans will never be able to regain. The Germans have developed an improved... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
The year is 1939. Britain is a war with an enemy as deadly as she has ever faced. Flying Officer Alden is desperate to have a crack at the Nazis. But five years earlier, he had been invalided out of the service after a... See More
History
By the summer of 1940, the overwhelming might of the German air force had triumphed over Poland, Norway, France, Holland and Belgium. As the fighters and bombers of the Luftwaffe amassed on the north west coast of Europe... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
February, 1940. The Maginot Line. Cradling his tommy gun, Officer Taggart hides in the snow that lies a meter and a half deep over Eastern France and Western Germany. Slowly he and his men advance across the frozen... See More
Professional & Technical
The Hawker Typhoon was the epitome of ground-attack aircraft during the Second World War. Originally intended to be a replacement for The Hurricane, The Hawker Typhoon entered service with the RAF during 1941. However, in... See More
History
The somewhat illogical term 'Friendly Fire' is used to describe the accidental shooting of servicemen by their own side. This type of accident leapt into public knowledge during the Gulf War as if it were an entirely new... See More
Travel & Tourism
1940. World War Two has just begun... Fighting breaks out across the continent of Europe, as Hitler and his generals face off against the French and their allies in Churchill and Montgomery. But across the Mediterranean... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
1943, London. A Lancaster squadron is taking the fight to the Germans. But it is far from a happy crew. The commanding officer, Leatham, is weak, vain, over-ambitious and a coward at heart. One of his flight... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Calcutta, 1824. The 69th Regiment of the Bengal Army under Hugh Ramsey has just mutinied. They believe that the boat taking them upriver will take them too far: by crossing the sea, they will lose caste, a sacrilege to... See More
History
Of all the First World War's fighter aces, the legendary von Richthofen has captured the world's imagination more than any other pilot of that era. Known as 'The Red Baron', due to his painted red airplane, Richthofen is... See More
History
1914, and the war in the skies is just beginning. At first the flying machine was hardly taken seriously; it was an odd, accident-prone diversion for the rich and the obsessed. But when the Royal Flying Corps set off for... See More
Action & Adventure
December 1916. The Allies have finally achieved aerial domination over the enemy. But the pendulum is swinging back in the Germans' favour, with the emergence of a devastating new fighter, the Albatros, and the growing... See More
History
'The best biography of a fighter pilot ever written.' - Yorkshire Evening Post Ginger Lacey wanted to fly planes from childhood. But who would have thought that the slim and pale looking boy would become one of the most... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
In The Daedalus Quartet, Richard Townshend Bickers' four bestselling Roger Hallowes thrillers are collected together for the first time. TRAIL BY FIRE August 1939 Of the nine Blenheims that had taken off from the hangars... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Take to the skies in Richard Townshend Bicker's bestselling Victory Trilogy, now available in this special omnibus edition. Dawn Patrol December 1916. The Allies have finally achieved aerial domination over the enemy... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Each pilot has their own battles to fight alongside the war. Each pilot has a reason to keep fighting... Three young Royal Air Force pilots: one in Fighter Command, his brother in Coastal and their cousin in Bomber. In... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
1917. The Royal Flying Corps and French Aviation Militaire are again losing the dominance they had won in late 1916 over the German Military Aviation Service. The strain of a hard winter's fighting has eroded both the... See More