{"product_id":"9781801101332-sbs-special-boat-squadron","title":"SBS: Special Boat Squadron","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA historical adventure chronicling the exploits of the Special Boat Squadron, the seaborne raiders who, by strength and guile, carried out World War Two's most daring covert operations.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrom this moment on, you and your men, you don't exist.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFormed in the darkest hours of the Second World War, as nation after nation fell before the unstoppable Axis advance, the task of the SBS was to strike back at an enemy no army could meet in the field. Trained in sabotage and surveillance, the Special Boat Squadron raided deep behind enemy lines, sowing chaos and capturing much-needed intelligence. Soldiers, adventurers and rogues, their methods were unorthodox, their success rate unprecedented.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOperation Anglo, 31 August 1942.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeneath the waves of the Mediterranean, HMS \u003ci\u003eTraveller\u003c\/i\u003e closes in on the coast of Rhodes. Aboard, eight SBS commandos check their weapons as they prepare to infiltrate and sabotage two Axis bomber fields. Only two of the eight commandos will make it back alive. Ex-Black Watch Sgt Jim Hunter will be one of the lucky ones, but what he will face next will make Operation Anglo look like a cakewalk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviewers on Iain Gale:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A fast fit fighting yarn that transports you to the deadly hillsides of wartime Crete.' \u003cb\u003eQuentin Letts on \u003ci\u003eSBS\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'A powerful novel of men at war. A triumph.' \u003cb\u003eBernard Cornwell on \u003ci\u003eFour Days in June\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Very exciting.' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e on the Jack Steele series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40790744072289,"sku":"9781801101332","price":8.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31290773.jpg?v=1731573384","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781801101332-sbs-special-boat-squadron","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}