Publisher's Synopsis
Cairo, June 1942. Tobruk has fallen and the British are desperate - the only way to win the war in North Africa is to eliminate the Afrika Korps commander, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. However, one commando raid has already failed disastrously and Rommel is now at the Egyptian frontier. Captain John Warrey MC, Army Intelligence, is caught up in the most dangerous mission of his life, trying to persuade the Arabs to carry out an assassination attempt. Can vital information be passed through to the new British commander, General Montgomery, in time to prepare the final desert onslaught - the battle at El Alamein...?