Publisher's Synopsis
On 10th May 1940 - the day Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain, and the German Army invaded Holland, Belgiium and Luxembourg - Flight Lieutenant Don Squires is shot down over the Champagne region of France. At the time he is not to know this is an event that will change his life forever. He becomes involved with growing numbers of people fleeing the German Army...and meets Eloise Giraudan and her baby. In Antwerp, what drives Joachim van Roecke to kill his employer, Leon Grudaert, proprietor of Grys 6 Grudaert, and steal the entire stock, including a large shipment of industrial diamonds? And what causes friction between Hauptsturmfuehrer Kurt Moehring of the Algemeine SS and Oberleutnant Otto Furst, who is attached to Dr. Fritz Todt's organisation as they chase after the missing diamonds?
