Three hundred and thirty eight thousand two hundred and twenty six allied troops had been ferried to safety from Dunkirk; forty thousand had been left behind in France. Ten thousand French soldiers died in defence of the embarkation. Britain had her army back, but now she and her Empire stood alone.
It wasn’t until I’d finished the sixth book in the series that I discovered that there was actually a Norwegian M.T.B. flotilla, the 30th Flotilla, based at Lerwick in the Shetlands and their task was to be as big a thorn in the side of the enemy as they could along the entire coast of Norway. By the exploits of these brave men, the Germans were obliged to reinforce their coastal defences and use men and equipment, badly needed elsewhere, to counter their offensive.
In 1940 The New York Times said of Great Britain
‘There, beaten, but unconquered, in shining splendour, she faced the enemy.’
Tony Molloy, Spain, 1st July, 2003
I hope you have enjoyed reading Book 1 of what is now part of the longest book ever written in the English language. I know, from my reviews on Kindle, that a lot of you do enjoy the series. I mean to cover the whole of WW2 with my good friends from Special Force Orca and hope you will join me on my journey.
June 2014
Below is a list of the books so far. You can find them all at
amazon.com: anthony molloy: Books, or on my website at anthonymolloy.weebly.com.
Both of which you can access through twitter. com/MolloyAnthony.
1 ON THE EDGE OF DARKNESS
2 DEAD RECKONING
3 STANDING INTO DANGER
4 ON FORTUNE’S SIDE
5 LONG DAYS NIGHT
6 TO CATCH A RAT
7 MOST IMMEDIATE
8 BY NIGHT’S DARK SHADOW
9 NOTICE FOR STEAM
10 BY THOUGHT AND BY DEED
11 CONQUEROR OF THE OCEANS
12 RING ON MAIN ENGINES
13 REJOIN WITH ALL SPEED
Table of Contents
Characters
Prologue
Chapter 1 First Blood
Chapter 2 A Roving
Chapter 3 Olaf’s Inlet
Chapter 4 Surprise
Chapter 5 Operation Daphne du Maurier
Chapter 6 Fuel and Ammunition
Chapter 7 Caves and Wooden Pillows
Chapter 8 Cider and Charlotte
Chapter 9 Birth of the Killer Whale
Chapter 10 Preparation
Chapter 11 Mosjoen
Chapter 12 Pontoons, bridges and bluffs
Chapter 13 Of Hairy String and Hairier Deeds
Chapter 14 A Change of orders
Chapter 15 Confusion to the enemy
Chapter 16 Almost Total Recall
Chapter 17 Doing the best they can
Chapter 18 The Mentor
Chapter 19 A Seed of Doubt
Chapter 20 The Miracle
Epilogue
Author’s Note
On the Edge of Darkness (Special Force Orca Book 1) Page 33
