Book description
Part three in Death or Glory series, Highroad to Hell
is Michael Asher's latest Second World War adventure. With Asher's
insider knowledge of the SAS he brings to life the action of the
battlefield in this fast-paced and compelling novel following
Captain Tom Caine.
Tunisia 1943 - the Allies' advance is halted by determined
Axis forces. The 8th Army has no choice but to outflank the enemy
along their impenetrable Mareth line in the hellish Matmata hills.
On a mission to safeguard this movement, Captain Tom Caine's SAS
patrol is diverted by a strange emergency signal that draws them to a
derelict aircraft and a mysterious black box.
Besieged by a Nazi Death's Head unit intent on retrieving the box
and betrayed by a comrade who steals it, Caine must make a choice.
Should he pursue the stolen object or stick to his original task and
face almost certain death? The entire campaign rests on his decision.
Michael Asher's third Death or Glory novel, Highroad to
Hell, will have you gripped to the very last page.
Breathtaking bravery, astonishing feats of endurance, raids and
battles described with terrific immediacy and pace. Compelling and
definitive . . . will surely not be bettered - Sunday Telegraph
Detailed, scathingly honest. Asher has brought the critical eye of
the knowledgeable insider to his in-depth study of SAS operations and
personalities - Herald
Michael Asher has served in the Parachute Regiment and the SAS. He
is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has won the Ness
Award of the Royal Geographical Society and the Mungo Park Medal of
the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for Exploration. The first two
books in this series, The Last Commando and The Flaming
Sword were also published by Penguin.
Michael Asher has served in the Parachute Regiment and the SAS. He is
a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, and has won the Ness Award
of the Royal Geographical Society and the Mungo Park Medal of the Royal
Scottish Geographical Society for Exploration. The first two books in
this series,
The Last Commando
and
The Flaming Sword
were also published by Penguin.
