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Bomber's Moon
Late 1944, in the skies over Europe:
Flying Officer David “Gnat” Royce joined the Royal Canadian Air Force for a cleaner, nobler war than the one his father had fought. But in the skies over Germany, the bomber offensive is neither clean nor noble. Yet it has to be fought to the finish, all the same…
What Amazon readers are saying about Bomber’s Moon:
*****
“…as the nephew of a Lancaster gunner who never came home, I really connected with the crew, especially the protagonist. The last chapter was powerful, and finishing the book felt like saying goodbye to good friends.”
*****
“…a well informed and researched writer has given us a highly involving, surprisingly moving and utterly believable tale.”
*****
“Great read really enjoyed this story, had me gripped from start to finish.”
*****
“Outstanding and well-written story, don't often see stories about gunners, would recommend very highly! Great characterization, you can feel the strain on the airmen.”
*****
“It's not often I write reviews but this book is simply outstanding! The writing style is unusual, staccato in places, lyrical in others, and it provides a terrific insight into the actions and thoughts of an air gunner on Lancaster Pathfinders. I was hooked by the action sequences and the interwoven love story. Refreshing, different, riveting!”
*****
“It feels so real, that life really must have been like that. The stress, the uncertainty, living for the here and now, frightened to go on, frightened of letting others down. A terrific read.”
Grant Patterson is a retired law enforcement officer, and the author of eighteen books, including A Life on the Line: My Unexpected Career with the Canada Border Services Agency, The Troika of Osip Teitelbaum, and the recently released Slow Boat. He is also the great-nephew of a number of RCAF aircrew, two of whom did not come home. His great-uncle F/O Sandy Patterson, completed two tours of operations as a Lancaster air gunner and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He lives in Delta, British Columbia, with his wife and daughters
Flying Officer David “Gnat” Royce joined the Royal Canadian Air Force for a cleaner, nobler war than the one his father had fought. But in the skies over Germany, the bomber offensive is neither clean nor noble. Yet it has to be fought to the finish, all the same…
What Amazon readers are saying about Bomber’s Moon:
*****
“…as the nephew of a Lancaster gunner who never came home, I really connected with the crew, especially the protagonist. The last chapter was powerful, and finishing the book felt like saying goodbye to good friends.”
*****
“…a well informed and researched writer has given us a highly involving, surprisingly moving and utterly believable tale.”
*****
“Great read really enjoyed this story, had me gripped from start to finish.”
*****
“Outstanding and well-written story, don't often see stories about gunners, would recommend very highly! Great characterization, you can feel the strain on the airmen.”
*****
“It's not often I write reviews but this book is simply outstanding! The writing style is unusual, staccato in places, lyrical in others, and it provides a terrific insight into the actions and thoughts of an air gunner on Lancaster Pathfinders. I was hooked by the action sequences and the interwoven love story. Refreshing, different, riveting!”
*****
“It feels so real, that life really must have been like that. The stress, the uncertainty, living for the here and now, frightened to go on, frightened of letting others down. A terrific read.”
Grant Patterson is a retired law enforcement officer, and the author of eighteen books, including A Life on the Line: My Unexpected Career with the Canada Border Services Agency, The Troika of Osip Teitelbaum, and the recently released Slow Boat. He is also the great-nephew of a number of RCAF aircrew, two of whom did not come home. His great-uncle F/O Sandy Patterson, completed two tours of operations as a Lancaster air gunner and received the Distinguished Flying Cross. He lives in Delta, British Columbia, with his wife and daughters
297 pages, Paperback
Published March 20, 2022
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About the author
Grant Patterson
36 books7 followersGrant Patterson was born in Vancouver BC. He attended Simon Fraser University, and graduated in 1995 with a BA in Criminology. He retired from the Canada Border Services Agency in 2017, and lives in Delta with his wife and children. Grant has also lived and travelled extensively in Brazil, where his Will Bryant Thrillers are set.
He has been writing since 2012, and now has twenty-one published works. His bestselling works are A Life on the Line: My Unexpected Career with the Canada Border Services Agency, a memoir of his CBSA experiences, and Bomber's Moon, a novel set during the Bomber Command offensive against Nazi Germany.
He has been writing since 2012, and now has twenty-one published works. His bestselling works are A Life on the Line: My Unexpected Career with the Canada Border Services Agency, a memoir of his CBSA experiences, and Bomber's Moon, a novel set during the Bomber Command offensive against Nazi Germany.
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February 23, 2021
Looking to the end .
Great read really enjoyed this story ,had me gripped from start to finish . The ups and downs of ariel combat , relationships , fear , guilt etc all different emotions the crew's went through to get them to the end of their tour . Well worth a read !
Great read really enjoyed this story ,had me gripped from start to finish . The ups and downs of ariel combat , relationships , fear , guilt etc all different emotions the crew's went through to get them to the end of their tour . Well worth a read !
August 22, 2022
This brilliant evocation though the eyes of an individual gunner on bombers was thrilling, realistic, at times desperately sad and gripping throughout. With 55,000 plus aircrew killed, and 10 percent of bombers often lost over Germany, this was life faced with expectations of death. These were young, intelligent, capable men with everything to live for and so often dying. Fail to finish your allotted missions, even after 20 missions, and you were dismissed minus rank, described as LMF (low moral fibre) , and allotted to the meanest of work. To the shame of the RAF hierarchy.
A brilliant novel based on a reality that needs to be remembered.
A brilliant novel based on a reality that needs to be remembered.
October 26, 2023
A gripping, realistic story. David (Gnat) Royce is a Flying Officer with the Royal Canadian Air Force stationed in coastal England 1943/44. As a turret gunner, he and his comrades fly bombing missions into Germany in the famous Avro Lancasters. Each mission is a life or death venture as the Nazis are always defending with anti aircraft flak and quick fighter planes. Outstanding research by the author as we immerse ourselves into the lexicon and palpable feel of the camaraderie of the crew as they navigate peril while witnessing many of their friends get blown out of the sky just meters away. Relationships on the ground are also fraught with uncertainty. How close do you want to get with someone who may not be at the breakfast table the next morning? Gnat is a survivor who becomes more and more hardened as he approaches his final missions. He falls fairly hard for fellow Officer, Ellen (even though she snores like a freight train) but knows that their love is fleeting. Nothing goes the way you plan when at war. An insightful, taut and moving story. Not often do we get to read about imperfect but heroic Canadians. Highly recommend.
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