Operation Fenland

S-Squad #19

by William Meikle

The S-Squad has a new C.O. but the job hasn't changed.

They're sent to East Anglia, in the middle of the worst storm in a generation.

They think they're doing a favor for an old friend, but instead they find themself being stalked in the fenland.

Something haunts the sodden streets and fields of the flooded village of Titmarsh, something out of legend.

Black Shuck is on the prowl.

Genres: Fiction, Horror

136 pages, Paperback

Published November 13, 2025

About the author

I'm a Scottish writer, now living in Canada, with more than thirty novels published in the genre press and over 300 short story credits in thirteen countries.

My work has appeared in a number of professional anthologies and I have recent short story sales to NATURE Futures and Galaxy's Edge. When I'm not writing I play guitar, drink beer and dream of fortune and glory.

For an intro to me, my writing and my accent see my Youtube channel

Reviews

[JD · Rating 4 out of 5]

The S-Squad has a new CO as Captain Bnaks has taken over at HQ. They are on home soil again, but there is no advantage in this as they face a legend that are between the physical and the mythical and will take all their wit to defeat it. They are ably supported by some locals to try and save as many innocents as they can, but there is a lot of blood and guts being spilled again in this one, and the violence is quite severe even for the S-Squad!! One of the better ones in the series.

[Steve Chaput · Rating 4 out of 5]

Something is howling in the night

As a storm brews cutting off a small village a beast begins hunting the residents. It’s up to the S-Squad to attempt to stop it, but this time military tactics might not be enough.

One of my favorite action series.

[The Smoog · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wiggo is as obnoxious as ever (and seems to spend most of this book borderline steaming) but despite that, it was quite an enjoyable story. A little bit of a departure for the S-Squad, but definitely not in a bad way, more of a supernatural mystery than military creature feature. Looking forward to more like this!

[Calvin · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Squad vs The Black Dog

This one feels like a step back in quality. There's some good parts with the new lieutenant and Wiggo finding their places on the team and learning to work together. Wilkins is virtually nonexistent in this book. Mac as well until the end when he proves to be useful. There's hardly any action in this book, focusing more on the supernatural. There's a bunch of editing mistakes in the book too that made it really hard to follow. Sentences were jumbled together and paragraphs cut off mid sentence. Not the greatest entry in the series so hopefully the next one is better

[Scott Oliver · Rating 4 out of 5]

After a request comes down from the powers that be, new commanding officer of the S-Squad the former Captain Banks send the lads and their new leader, Lieutenant Duffield on a mission to the Fens hunting a giant black dog of legend

Arriving in the middle of a massive storm that is flooding the village they soon find that this is no ordinary legendary beast

[BERNARD ANDREWS · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another excellent S-Squad yarn

Few things in literature please me more than another monstrous S-Squad book. The balance of horror vs the squad is almost always finely judged to keep you reading and on the edge of the seat.

[Joyce Grubb · Rating 5 out of 5]

A terrifying legend

A terrifying legend comes back to life.S-squad team is sent in blind.
They meet the huge animal, and have to figure out how to save the town from
Being wiped out. A very good story.

[Tony Ciak · Rating 5 out of 5]

A military procedural, with added legendary horror,"Black Schuck". The S-Squad, manages to over come the problem , by using some hidden talent. An enjoyable read , thanks to the fine skills of William Meikle. Loved it!!!!!

[Trevor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Duffield's first command leads the team to a wet Norfolk and the legend of a black dog. Good story that moves at a nice pace, told from different characters view points.

[John Bowes · Rating 4 out of 5]

Familiar ground

Not so scary. Old stories can't scar us. It needs something different to really scare us. Not today sir. Really.

[Tina Van · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent like always. From first page till ending.

[Milleena Williams · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good as always, all of the S Squad books are, but this book lacked the action and terror that the others had.

[carl e. james · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good story

Like the other volumes this was a very good S-Squad book. Like the characters and storyline. Very much like an old style Supernatural X-Files type thriller.