A War Of Shadows

<p>The war in France is a stalemate. The Mill a brutal industrial-scale meat grinder is chewing up British American and German soldiers by the thousands. On the front lines Sergeant Frank Miller and Corporal Thomas Atkins veterans of the battle for Britain fight for every bloody inch of mud their survival-and the fate of the war-depending on a new secret front.</p><p>This is the shadow war. Raymond Clinton the unassuming clerk who became a national hero after hunting down the spy who orchestrated the invasion of Britain has been pulled from the light. He is recruited by the mysterious Mr Smith into a new clandestine intelligence service. His training is brutal his mission absolute: shed the skin of the man he was and become a ghost.</p><p>His first assignment: Berlin. He must infiltrate the heart of Britain's key ally a city strained by a war on two fronts. His mission is to assist a secret cell of German counter-intelligence led by the aristocratic Elsa von Lützow in hunting a deadly Russian spy ring. This Viper's Nest is run by Katerina Volkov-a brilliant ruthless fanatic operating in the shadow of her infamous handler and with a personal vendetta. Her goal: to steal the plans for the Allies' final war-winning offensive.</p><p>But when Raymond's initial gambit to feed the Russians poisoned intelligence backfires catastrophically it results in the annihilation of an entire German Panzer division-a loss felt personally by his new allies. Disavowed by London and now hunted by Katerina's network Raymond is trapped. He realises the horrifying truth: his mission was betrayed from the start. A high-level traitor a ghost in the halls of Whitehall is playing both sides against the middle feeding secrets to the Russians and ensuring the war bleeds all nations dry.</p><p>With no support and his cover burned Raymond must go to ground adopting a new identity. He must forge a desperate Alliance of Ghosts with his German counterparts including the formidable <em>Abwehr</em> chief Oberst von Kleist. Together they must unmask the true traitor and set one final complex counter-trap of such audacious deception that it will either dismantle the Russian network and win the war or get them all killed.</p><p>A direct sequel to <em>The Unthinkable War</em> <em>A War of Shadows</em> is a gripping high-stakes thriller of paranoia and espionage where the lines between ally and enemy are blurred and the cost of victory is measured in bodies.</p>