Drake’s War (A Tennyson Drake WWII Thriller)

Written by: Gideon Saint

Submitted By: Gideon Saint

(This review submitted by the book's author)

Schoolmaster. Soldier.

Spycatcher?

 

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…