Hammond Innes

A sensational tale of crime and courage in the shadow of the Berlin airlift. The Soviets have cut off food and fuel supplies to West Berlin in a final attempt to force a stranglehold over the city. The Allied response is the Berlin airlift—thousands of planes carrying supplies—a lifeline to the people of the city. A chance for heroism perhaps,...

Attack Alarm is a thriller set against the unforgettable summer of 1940, the finest hour of the British Air Forces. Summer, 1940. The skies above Britain are criss-crossed with the white scars of dog-fights as fighter pilots clash with the merciless German Luftwaffe. But one air defence gunner suspects the greatest threat to his country's safety might not come from...

The gripping story of two ordinary men who find the fate of the British navy and the security of British shores in their hands. The spectre of another world war haunts journalist Walter Craig and disturbs the peace of his seaside holiday. But below the Cornish cliffs, hidden by churning seas, the enemy is very real indeed, and much closer...