The Sirens of Hornchurch

In the style of Charlotte Gray this riveting military romance beats to it's own drum. Zoom over the white clifs of Dover in the Blacksmith's Spitfire. Be inspired by the gallant British, as they rise up against the mighty force of the conquering Nazis.Be transfixed as Rachel, a Bristol blue-eyed Scottish spy for SOE is captured by the SS.Her execution is imminent. Be held breathless when the raiders appear on the horizon like a swarm of angry wasps.Be gripped by the innocence of true love. But how can love in war-time survive? London is burning fiercely . . the RAF are running out of fighters . . the ranks of pilots are thinning. Be bold as Carl, the handsome German ace escorts Rachel to a dinner with Herr Goring. The affable Carl is an officer of rank, and is moved by her beauty And what hope had Jesse Bone in life? Orphaned from birth he was placed in a foundry, but Woody, his foster father was a man posessed by Satan. Will the fraility of the RAF pilot surface? Is the craziness of Woody embedded deep in his being?But he knew he must save Rachel, somehow, someway . .This novel shows the transformation of a boy to a righteous man, but in times of great fear man falters.The work is essentially fiction, yet many of the war-time incidents did in fact happen.This is a masterful debutant novel, loaded with colour and gusto, and sweeps the reader eagerly through the pages.