From Norfolk to Normandy - a family goes to war.
The 16-year old twins, David and Emma, in the carefree world of the mid-30s, joke about becoming spies.
To Commander Gregory, head of what will become the SOE, espionage is no joke, and he already has his eye on them.
Despite strong opposition from their father, they, their younger brother, James, and their Belgian friend, Nicole, become major players on the great stage that was the Second World War.
Life becomes a stampeding kaleidoscope of horrific hardship and imminent danger; of incredible courage and unbelievable achievement, of daily death and ghastly disfigurement, of diabolical atrocity and incredible political stupidity… and of moments of incredible joy and of hot, despairing tears.
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Tony Nash is the acclaimed author of over thirty detective, historical and war novels, who began his career as a navigator in the Royal Air Force, later re-training at Bletchley Park to become an electronic spy, intercepting Russian and East German agent transmissions, during which time he studied many languages and achieved a BA Honours Degree from London University. Diverse occupations followed: Head of Modern Languages in a large comprehensive school, ocean-going yacht skipper, deep sea fisher, fly tyer, antique dealer, bespoke furniture maker, restorer and French polisher, professional deer stalker and creative writer.