“A quick-paced, well-plotted novel…a propulsive, mystery-driven narrative.” KIRKUS REVIEWS
“Absolutely fascinating and highly informative… battles are described in electrifying detail.” V E H Masters of The Historical Novel Society
“As a portrait of military history, it doesn’t get much better. Unflinching realism… a genuine tour de force of nail-biting tension. Action sequences are exceptional. Frankly, they thrill.” E.V. Seymour, best-selling author of The Patient
“If you liked Sharpe’s Rifles, you’ll love Drake’s War” – Selected for the Bernard Cornwell reading club
It’s May 1940.
The Allies are at a standoff with Hitler’s Germany.
Second Lieutenant Tennyson “Ted” Drake, until recently a barracks schoolmaster, is on a shadowy reconnaissance trip deep in the Ardennes forest.
But when the German panzers burst across the border, Drake’s commanding officer is killed, leaving Drake in a place he should not be, with no orders, just a bloodstained notebook filled with code – and a mysterious sketch of a raven.
As the Allied defences crumble before the onslaught of the Blitzkrieg, Drake must stay alive long enough to discover the raven’s secret – and stop its catastrophic consequences on the outcome of the war…
