In his own bestselling tradition of Eye of the Needle and The Key to Rebecca , Ken Follett delivers a breathtaking novel of suspense set in the most dangerous days of World War II.
Filled with the powerful storytelling, unforgettable characters, and authentic detail that have become his hallmarks, Jackdaws is Ken Follett writing at the height of his powers.. . . .
And as the hours tick down to the point of no return, most daunting of all, there are secrets within herself.
There are secrets Flick does not know--secrets within the German ranks, secrets among her hastily recruited team, secrets among those she trusts the most.
Code-named the Jackdaws, they will attempt to infiltrate the exchange under the noses of the Germans--but the Germans are waiting for them now and have plans of their own.
The new plan requires an all-woman team, none of them professionals, to be assembled and trained within days.
Her group destroyed, her husband missing, her superiors unsure of her, her own confidence badly shaken, she has one last chance at the target, but the challenge, once daunting, is now near impossible.
But when Flick and her Resistance-leader husband try a direct, head-on assault that goes horribly wrong, her world turns upside down.
She knows that the Germans\' ability to thwart the Allied attack depends upon their lines of communications, and in the days before the invasion no target is of greater strategic importance than the largest telephone exchange in Europe.
A senior agent in the ranks of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) responsible for sabotage, Flick has survived to become one of Britain\'s most effective operatives in Northern France.
They don\'t know where or when, but the Germans know it\'ll be soon, and for Felicity Flick Clariet, the stakes have never been higher.
D-Day is approaching.
Look out for Ken\'s newest book, A Column of Fire , available now.
In his own bestselling tradition of Eye of the Needle and The Key to Rebecca , Ken Follett delivers a breathtaking novel of suspense set in the most dangerous days of World War II
