The Small Spark Of Courage

by D.A. Rayner

Having outrun their supply lines they now await the enemy's counter-attack.
In order to determine the enemy's intention the brigade commander is compelled to expose one company to certain destruction. At the height of the battle, the commander of the 'suicide' company appeals for assistance to an armoured unit. Its young troop officer hesitates.
Dare he disobey orders to prevent a massacre?

159 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1961

About the author

Denys Arthur Rayner DSC & Bar, VRD, RNVR (9 February 1908 – 4 January 1967) was a Royal Navy officer who fought throughout the Battle of the Atlantic. After intensive war service at sea, Rayner became a writer, a farmer, and a successful designer and builder of small sailing craft - his first being the Westcoaster; his most successful being the glass fibre gunter or Bermudian rigged twin keel Westerly 22 from which evolved similar "small ships" able to cross oceans while respecting the expectations, in terms of comfort, safety and cost, of a burgeoning family market keen to get to sea. Before his death in 1967, Rayner had founded, and via his pioneering GRP designs, secured the future expansion of Westerly Marine Construction Ltd - up until the late 1980s, one of Britain's most successful yacht builders.

Reviews

[Gary Cann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Is there a place for initiative in modern warfare? A compelling account of relationships and decision-making; believable and easily recognisable characters make it a good read.