KILLING ROMMEL

It is Autumn,1942. Hitler's legions have swept across Europe and Francehas fallen. On the Eastern Front, Soviet Russia reels under the Germanonslaught. Across the channel, a beleaguered Britain struggles on innear-isolation. And in North Africa, Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and hisunstoppable Panzers have routed the Eighth Army and now threatens thevital oil fields of the Middle East. With the outcome of the war hangingin the balance, the British hatch a desperate plan - to send a small,heavily armed yet highly mobile force behind enemy lines to strike a blowthat will stop the Afrika Korps in its tracks. It is to be called the LongRange Desert Group and its exploits will become the stuff oflegend.Narrated by a young lieutenant, Steven Pressfield's bold new novelbrings to life the ingenuity, agility and daring of this maverick commandounit. Describing in detail the tactics, the weaponry and the specializedskills needed for combat under extreme desert conditions, he captures toothe camaraderie and courage of a disparate, dedicated 'band of brothers'who sacrificed so much for the sake of freedom. Combining historicalauthenticity with thrilling, explosive action, "Killing Rommel" confirmsthat we are in the company of a great storyteller - a master chronicler ofthe fighting man, whether amidst the mountain passes of ancient Greece orthe scorching Saharan sands of a more recent world at war...