Download or read book The Fleeing Tiger written by Max Hennessy and published by Canelo. This book was released on 2022-01-24 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A huge prize awaits them, but only if they can escape. The Second Boer War is finally ending, and for three thieves there is the unexpected bonus of stealing an army payroll so large that they have to bury it outside a Free State town until the heat cools off. While they wait for an opportunity to return to their stolen bounty, the entire might of the army gives chase, giving rise to a riotous set of events. Based on a true story, John Harris’ adventure entertains and delights in a series of incredulous scenarios brought to glorious life against the backdrop of South Africa’s diamond mines. A gripping, nostalgic military heist thriller from master author Max Hennessy, perfect for fans of Jack Higgins, Hammond Innes and Alistair MacLean.

Download or read book Writers Directory written by NA NA and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-03-05 with total page 1555 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Kind Of Courage written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-09-08 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major Billy Pentecost is commander of a remote desert outpost. His orders are to move out along with a handful of British soldiers. Impatient tribesmen gather outside the fort, eager to reclaim the land of their blood. A friendship forms between two very different commanders but when Pentecost’s orders are reversed, a nightmarish tragedy ensues.

Download or read book The Mercenaries written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2001 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ira Penaluna, First World War pilot, sees his airline go bankrupt and grabs at the chance to instruct pilots in China. But Ira hasn't reckoned on the beat-up, burnt-out wrecks he is expected to teach his students in, or on the fact that his pupils speak no English. Ira finds himself playing a deadly game, becoming embroiled in China's civil war.

Download or read book The Old Trade of Killing written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting adventure is set against the backdrop of the Western Desert, scene of the Eighth Army battles. Men who fought there return twenty years later in search of treasure. But time can change a man. Young ideals are replaced by greed. Comradeship has vanished along with innocence. And treachery and murder make for a breathtaking read.

Download or read book The Claws of Mercy written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Sierra Leone, a remote community crackles with racial tensions. Few white people live amongst the natives of Freetown, where life revolves around an iron mine with a man in charge who dictates peace and prosperity for everyone. But his leadership is a matter of life or death where every decision is like being snatched by the claws of mercy.

Download or read book The Lonely Voyage written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of a boy, Jess Ferigo, who winds up on a charge of poaching along with Pat Fee and Old Boxer. They then sail with him on his journey into manhood. As Jess leaves his boyhood behind, bitter years are followed by the Second World War, where they make a poignant rescue on the sand dunes of Dunkirk. Finally, the lonely voyage is over.

Download or read book Take Or Destroy written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant-Colonel George Hockold must take Rommel’s vast fuel reserves stored at the port of Qaba if the Alamein offensive is to succeed. Time is running out, resources are scant and the commando unit Hockold must lead is a rag tag band of misfits scraped from the dregs of the British Army. They must attack Qaba. The orders? Take or destroy.

Download or read book The Sea Shall Not Have Them written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harris’ classic war novel of espionage in an extreme situation. Four men cling to a dinghy, praying for rescue before dying, or the enemy finding them. One man is injured; another is carrying a briefcase stuffed with vital secrets. This story charts the daring and courage of these men, their rescuers and a mission with awesome of consequences.

Download or read book Ride Out the Storm written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Allies, faced with shameful defeat, are trapped between the mighty German army and the tumult of the ocean waves. But only nine days later more than a quarter of a million men have been rescued and placed safely on the shores of England. This is the incredible story of a mass exodus across the Channel. The miraculous story of Dunkirk.

Download or read book Smiling Willie and the Tiger written by John Harris and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Fox from His Lair written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A German agent lies in wait for the Allied invasion of Nazi-occupied France. The Allies prepare a vast armed camp, but there is an enemy within. There is a deadly E-boat attack and the Fox strikes, stealing secret invasion plans in the ensuing panic. A deadly pursuit follows, with two British officers having orders to stop him at all costs.

Download or read book The Thirty Days War written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kubaiyah, a RAF airstrip squeezed between a razor-like ridge and a harsh desert plain, must be defended. But with the Nazis poised to conquer the Middle East and Britain stripped of her allies, Kubaiyah could be lost. Only the eccentric and gifted flying officer, Anthony Boumphrey, can save them.

Download or read book Army of Shadows written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2011-10-31 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is the winter of 1944. France is under the iron fist of the Nazis. But liberation is just around the corner when the crew of a Lancaster bomber are hit by a Messerschmitt which blazes through the sky in a fiery attack. Only two men survive to parachute and join an ever-growing French Resistance, to play a lethal game of cat and mouse.

Download or read book Flawed Banner written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2012-09-30 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the Nazi hordes of Germany overrun France, devouring the free world with fascist fervour, a young intelligence officer, James Woodyatt, is shipped across the Channel to find a First World War hero...an old man who may have been a spy...who may be in possession of Nazi secrets.

Download or read book Swordpoint written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2001-05-30 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1944 and Monte Cassino has become a Nazi stronghold against the Allied advance through Italy. But Cassino must be taken, and the flamboyantly ambitious Brigadier Heathfield has a plan. This is a gripping, intoxicating story about the men of the North Yorkshires, veterans of Africa, hardened to the world.

Download or read book North Strike written by John Harris and published by House of Stratus. This book was released on 2001-05-30 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It is 1939. The Royal Navy urgently needs information about German raiders. There is only one place to get it...the port of Narvik and only one man capable – Magnusson. A story of the daring, outrageous exploits of a spy rescuing British prisoners from the Altmark and swept up in to the German battle for Norway.