Band of Eagles

Band of Eagles continues the brilliant World War Two fighter pilot series except this time the theater of war is the incredible story of the Siege of Malta. The story begins in the summer of 1941 on the tiny island of Malta. The Germans and Italians want to destroy it and so it has become the most bombed place on earth. Defeat seems almost certain for the fighter pilots of the RAF, while initially equipped with ageing Hurricanes they are largely outnumbered. Air Flight Commanders Englishman Kit Curtis and American Ossie Wolf have survived both the Fall of France and the Battle of Britain. While Curtis remains idealistic and eager to prove himself, Wolf, by contrast, is ruthless and thrives in the chaos of imminent invasion. But as each man is tested to the limit, they come to share a fresh understanding. At once brutal, funny, tragic, and heroic, this is a spellbinding tour de force and brilliant sequel to the bestselling Blue Man Falling.