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Blade Warriors
Early May 1944. A British SOE agent lands in a remote part of occupied France. His the identity of a local doctor. His aiding the Resistance against a notorious SS Division. As he changes places with the real Dr Xavier Bonnet, the young Frenchman stares into the face of his British impersonator and utters one “Unbelievable.”
Despite his father’s warning that, “When fate arrives, the physician becomes a fool,” Ed Hunston is determined to follow the family tradition and become a doctor. In 1936, a stroke of good fortune gains him entry into the hallowed cloisters of Oxford, where he befriends fellow medic, Tom Shaw. Six years later, with the country at war, and inspired by Tom’s injured fighter pilot brother, the newly qualified duo arrive in the town of East Grinstead to work under the famed plastic surgeon, Archibald McIndoe.
Then, one rainy afternoon, the reality of war hits Ed for the first time, and he is catapulted down a path he could never have expected to follow, a path that will test his father’s prophecy to its limits.
Blade Warriors tells of a close friendship and the acute pain of loss. It is an unflinching look at the extremes people will go to in order to quell their aching souls.
Above all, it is a story of vengeance.
Despite his father’s warning that, “When fate arrives, the physician becomes a fool,” Ed Hunston is determined to follow the family tradition and become a doctor. In 1936, a stroke of good fortune gains him entry into the hallowed cloisters of Oxford, where he befriends fellow medic, Tom Shaw. Six years later, with the country at war, and inspired by Tom’s injured fighter pilot brother, the newly qualified duo arrive in the town of East Grinstead to work under the famed plastic surgeon, Archibald McIndoe.
Then, one rainy afternoon, the reality of war hits Ed for the first time, and he is catapulted down a path he could never have expected to follow, a path that will test his father’s prophecy to its limits.
Blade Warriors tells of a close friendship and the acute pain of loss. It is an unflinching look at the extremes people will go to in order to quell their aching souls.
Above all, it is a story of vengeance.
378 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 20, 2018
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March 12, 2019
Gripping narrative of WW2 grit and heroism
This final book in Poole’s trilogy is a wonderful read. It stands alone as an excellent description of subterfuge in the fight against the Nazis and the narrative is gripping. The characters are so well brought to life and the book is clearly researched in considerable depth. The connections with the original two books are well made to link the exploits in war of 3 generations of a medical family, giving an interesting insight into the medics roles. Commendable indeed.
This final book in Poole’s trilogy is a wonderful read. It stands alone as an excellent description of subterfuge in the fight against the Nazis and the narrative is gripping. The characters are so well brought to life and the book is clearly researched in considerable depth. The connections with the original two books are well made to link the exploits in war of 3 generations of a medical family, giving an interesting insight into the medics roles. Commendable indeed.
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