The Black Jackals

Read this book in 2011, and its the 1st of a two-part mini-series about the "Black Jackals" during WWII. This book portraits in a wonderful fashion a team of soldiers who were left behind to cover the British retreat from France. Leader of that team of soldiers is Lt Peter Lamb, and he and his team wi......more

Ir 1940.gads un Nacistiskā Vācija vien nesen ir sākusi savu atriebības karagājienu par pārestībām pēc Pirmā pasaules kara, vien nesen Hitlers ir uzsācis savu zibenskara plānu, lai pierādītu āriešu rases pārākumu pār citām. Tā sērijas galvenais varonis Peter Lamb un citi viņa britu pavalstniecības ta......more

Competent, but not inspired, WWII historical fiction set around the events of the expulsion of the BEF from Normandy in 1940. Another reviewer commented that the characters are not superheroes. But in fact that was one problem I had with the book; Lieutenant Peter Lamb seems to know just the right th......more

My first Iain Gale, not the last. If you like audio, you'll love this narrator. He could make 'The Exorcist' sound like your long, lost grandpa's bedtime story. In 1940, the British were run out of France by the relentless Bosch, only to return a year or so later. After the French were completely de......more

The war in France has collapsed, with the majority of the BEF getting ready to be evacuated at Dunkirk; some British units are deployed to slow down the German seemingly unstoppable advance. Lieutenant Peter Lamb, a Territorial Army solider is commanding his men of the Black Jackals to stop a bridge......more