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Informationen zum Autor Michael Asher has served in the Parachute Regiment and the SAS Regiment. The author of twenty-four books and presenter of six TV documentaries! he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1996. For his writing and travels! he has been awarded the Lawrence of Arabia Memorial Medal! the Mungo Park Medal and the Ness Award. He lives in Nairobi! Kenya. Klappentext In the heat of battle you have a choice: Death or Glory . . . Libya! 1942 - Rommel's Africa Korps is sweeping across the desert. Ragged Allied forces are being torn apart in brutal fire-fights on the scorched sands. A desperate message to the Prime Minister is entrusted to First Officer Madeleine Rose! WRNS. Her codename: Runefish. When GHQ hears that Runefish's plane is lost behind enemy lines! they send for battle-hardened Sergeant Tom Caine. Caine is a first class soldier who nearly always does what he's told. He will lead a squad of specialist commandos into the heart of enemy territory and either rescue or execute Runefish. If he refuses to take this near-suicide mission he faces court martial. Now the outcome of the war depends on his following orders. Death or glory beckon . . . Praise for Michael Asher: 'Breathtaking! astonishing! terrific' Sunday Telegraph 'Absolutely enthralling' Scotsman Zusammenfassung In the heat of battle you have a choice: Death or Glory . . . Libya, 1942 - Rommel's Africa Korps is sweeping across the desert. Ragged Allied forces are being torn apart in brutal fire-fights on the scorched sands. A desperate message to the Prime Minister is entrusted to First Officer Madeleine Rose, WRNS. Her codename: Runefish. When GHQ hears that Runefish's plane is lost behind enemy lines, they send for battle-hardened Sergeant Tom Caine. Caine is a first class soldier who nearly always does what he's told. He will lead a squad of specialist commandos into the heart of enemy territory and either rescue or execute Runefish. If he refuses to take this near-suicide mission he faces court martial. Now the outcome of the war depends on his following orders. Death or glory beckon . . . ...
