The Rising Sun (The Secret Squadron Book 6)

The Rising Sun (The Secret Squadron Book 6)

<b> December, 1941. </b><br /><br />Wing Commander Ken Armstrong's Secret Squadron must face a new enemy and turn the tide of the war. <br /><br />In North Africa, the Germans have been halted ... for the time being. <br /><br />But now there is a new enemy... <br /><br />In the Far East, the Japanese strike at Pearl Harbor, Malaya and Burma. <br /><br />While the men want to rush to protect their American allies, they know the whole world is at stake. <br /><br />Wing Commander Ken Armstrong's secret squadron, together with other reinforcements, is immediately rushed to Burma to provide the spearhead of an air strike force – and his pilots soon find themselves locked in combat with a deadly and ruthless foe. <br /><br />The Japanese fight with a fury the likes Armstrong has never seen. <br /><br />The battle takes far more out of his team than he anticipated. <br /><br />The American fleet that survived the bombing and turned the tide against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor arrive to serve side by side against this insidious threat. <br /><br />They survive, but just barely. <br /><br />Stranded, beset by enemies, lost...<br /><br />Cut off at an airstrip deep in the inhospitable jungle, fighting alongside their American comrades, they form a deadly team that takes a fearsome toll of the enemy – until their supplies and aircraft begin to run out...<br /><br />Will the Secret Squadron survive their campaign toward the rising sun?<br /><br /><em> The Rising Sun </em> is an enthralling military adventure.<br /><br /><h2> Praise for Robert Jackson </h2><br /><br /><b> ‘The descriptions of weaponry…are authentically detailed.’ - <em> Publishers Weekly </em><br /><br />'Takes you to the heart of the action.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of <em> Cold Kill. </em><br /><br />Robert Jackson (b. 1941) </b> is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a full time writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. <em> The Rising Sun </em> is the fourth book in <em> The Secret Squadron series </em>.<br />