Readers of Robert Harris, Bernard Cornwell and Ken Follett will love this all-action, blood-pumping wartime thriller from bestselling author and historian James Holland. Full of wholly convincing battles scenes and expert characterisation, as well as a compelling, high-octane storyline, this is one you won't be able to put down! 'Absorbing and thoughtful as well as tense and exciting' -- Daily Telegraph 'Fantastic - unputdownable!' -- ***** Reader review 'Great stuff. Highly entertaining and well written' -- ***** Reader review 'Once you start you cannot put this down' -- ***** Reader review 'Another cracking Jack Tanner novel' -- ***** Reader review *********************************************************** Crete, 1941- THE NAZI HAMMER IS ABOUT TO FALL ONCE MORE... In the face of a German invasion, Sergeant Jack Tanner is embroiled in a deadly game of survival that will test his resolve more than ever before. Not only has he fallen out with his commander but he has mortally offended Alopex, a powerful local chieftain. As if that wasn't enough, Tanner and the rest of his battalion are caught in vicious close-quarter fighting against crack German paratroopers. Before long, they find themselves in bitter retreat to the mountainous interior where only one man can help them - Alopex. Although whether he will come to their rescue or not remains to be seen... Jack Tanner's adventures continue in Hellfire.