174 Pages
ISBN 978-1-917120-25-8
The gritty tale of a team of Royal Marine Commandos on a special mission in Iraq. The story begins with the last training mission at sea with a nuclear submarine, the last party, and the last girl.
The CIA and M16 are watching a terrorist training cell preparing child suicide bombers. we watch the transformation from innocent child to unwitting murderer.
We follow the almost comical problems that the team of chosen men faces to prepare to go to war.
Once in theatre, the team inserts from a helicopter into a black lake at night in an unknown and hostile environment. After laying in wait, they find and intercept the terrorists. A firefight ensues. They are surprised to find the children, and Mike is shot whilst trying to protect them.
Mike watches as he is left behind by his comrades, the enemy know he is alive and been left for dead.
Alone and deserted Mike goes through many emotions as he struggles to stay focused on surviving, he is finally tracked down and cornered by his adversaries, now outgunned and surrounded Mike has to fight for his life, a fight to the death is certain.
Will they all return safely as a unit as Mike had promised and celebrate together with a Breakfast at Babs'.
Based on a real mission, many of the anecdotes are based on fact or near misses, a must-read for anyone interested in modern military fiction or fact!
Harper finds himself sitting on the line between courage and cowardice. He rises in seniority within the squadron, as new pilots replace his fallen friends. On the ground his life is also challenging, navigating romantic encounters and corresponding with his brother, who is training to join the ranks of the bomber crews taking the fight back to Germany.
In Case of War Break Glass: Part Two follows directly on from the cliffhanger at the end of part one, continuing to follow Flight Lieutenant Harper.
Harper is trying to return to flight with the Air Transport Auxiliary, secretly praying to return to the front line. His burns from his aircraft crash in the first book are holding him back.
Sometimes, the aerial fights, survival stories, and the pilot’s personal lives might seem exaggerated. They’re not–they didn’t need to be.