Killing Rommel - Steven Pressfield

It is autumn 1942. Hitler's legions have swept across Europe and France has fallen. On the Eastern Front, Soviet Russia reels under the German onslaught. Across the Channel, a beleaguered Britain struggles on in near-isolation. And in North Africa, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel and his unstoppable Panzers have routed the Eighth Army and now threaten the vital oilfields of the Middle East. With the outcome of the war hanging in the balance, the British hatch a desperate plan – to send a small, heavily armed yet highly mobile force behind enemy lines to strike a blow that will stop the Afrika Korps in its tracks. It is called the Long Range Desert Group and, together with the SAS and Popski’s Private Army, its exploits are to become the stuff of legend.

Narrated by a young lieutenant, Steven Pressfield’s bold new novel brings to life the ingenuity, agility, and daring of this maverick commando unit. Describing in detail the tactics, the weaponry, and the specialized skills needed for combat under extreme desert conditions, Pressfield captures too the camaraderie and courage of a disparate, dedicated ‘band of brothers’ who sacrificed so much for the sake of freedom.

Combining historical authenticity with thrilling, explosive action, Killing Rommel confirms that we are in the company of a great storyteller – a master chronicler of the fighting man, whether amidst the mountain passes of ancient Greece or the scorching desert sands of a more recent world at war...