Commander Cochrane Smith series by Alan Evans (#3-11)
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Overview: Alan Evans (1930- ) was born Sunderland, UK. He is an enthralling writer of First and Second World War adventure thrillers, mainly based on naval battles. Carefully researched, and with his own experience of active service, he skilfully evokes the tension and terror of war. Many of the figures and events are based on real-life models.
Genre: Historical Fiction
Dauntless (#3)
Autumn, 1917.
Britain is just about surviving the war of the U-boats but there are mutinies in France, a revolution in Russia and stalemate on the Western Front. The Allies must get the upper hand and in London plans are hatched to renew the pressure in the Middle East.
Commander David Cochrane Smith finds himself on a formidable assignment in the Mediterranean. He is wily, experienced and tough but his mission is dangerous and his force is small. With this ramshackle squadron he must elude the U-boats and sink a heavily armed enemy cruiser whose captain is as able and daring as Smith himself. The action is fierce on land and on sea — and the odds are uneven. But this is an assignment designed to test Smith to the utmost and he is determined to succeed …
Can he trust his own men? And can his men trust him?
Seek Out and Destroy (#4)
November 1917.
The First World War is on a knife-edge – and the British Empire in mortal danger. Commander David Cochrane Smith is about to embark on his most perilous adventure yet. The Imperial German Navy has sent Kapitan-zur-See Erwin Voss to command the mighty new battle cruiser Salzburg in the Adriatic. Smith is ordered by the Admiralty to find and attack her in harbour — a seemingly suicidal task which is made all the more hopeless when he runs into the opposition of his superiors in Venice. But it is a vital mission and Smith knows he must go it alone. Though the odds are stacked against him and his tiny crew, his orders are inflexible. Wipe out the enemy. Commanding three small torpedo boats, Smith finds himself relentlessly hunted as Voss and the Salzberg score victory after victory. Finally, Smith sees one last chance to avert all-out disaster – he stakes everything on one final attempt to seek out and destroy…
Audacity (#5)
Spring 1918
Bolshevik Russia has withdrawn from the war and now stands isolated, ineffectually hostile to both Germany and the Allied Forces.
The Russian fleet at Kronstadt remains highly vulnerable, and the British government fears that a German offensive to ‘liberate’ the Kronstadt naval force could swing the balance of seapower against the Royal Navy and lead to defeat.
Commander David Cochrane Smith is captain of Audacity, a Q ship, no more than a lightly armed disguised tramp steamer.
He is ordered to deliver a fortune in gold and a mysterious female passenger to a group of Russian plotters who are prepared to sink the fleet and block German access to the harbour. The only way through is to penetrate the defences of the Baltic—minefields and patrolling destroyers—then steam the length of it.
Smith’s one protection is Audacity’s disguise as a neutral ship: if that is stripped away his orders are to scuttle her because the Admiralty believes escape to be impossible.
Once again he faces the loneliness of isolated command, in a hostile and dangerous sea…with a loyal crew who can never know the true extent of their captain’s secret orders.
Orphans of the Storm (#6)
The year is 1939
Captain David Cochrane Smith, intelligence officer, is sent on an assignment to extract the American war correspondent, Hannah Fitzsimmons, from Franco’s Guardias. He must get her out of Spain before she’s tried and shot as a spy. But in rescuing the American he makes a narrow escape from German officer Kurt Larsen, a man who will dog his footsteps throughout his wartime adventure. Smith wants command of a ship – but he’s told that his services in Intelligence are still required. En route to a new posting in Montevideo, his ship is attacked and he is taken prisoner in spite of his heroic efforts to destroy the enemy warship. The Brandenburg, the German ship he is imprisoned on, is setting out to support the Graf Spee, a pocket battleship which can do immense damage to the British fleet – but only with the Brandenburg’s help. Smith will be shot as a spy if he is found to be more than the naval officer he claims to be, and Kurt Larsen, on board the Brandenburg, is more than suspicious of the British officer… The captain is the only one who realises the danger the Brandenburg poses to the British navy should it reach the Graf Spee in time. Desperate to buy time for the British fleet, and aware that he has a very personal stake in the upcoming battle, Smith will have to go to extreme lengths to sabotage the German war effort… Will he be victorious in his battle for the seas? Or will he and his men become Orphans of the Storm…?
Sink or Capture (#7)
The year is 1940.
The world is at war. Captain David Smith believes his daughter Sarah is one of the prisoners in the hold of Altmark. He is among the men of Cossack who board the prison-ship in Jössingfjord. But his search for Sarah is not over. And as Captain of the ageing cruiser Cassandra, after twenty years ‘on the beach’ in naval intelligence, he knows his crew think him out of touch, out of date, and doubt his fitness to command. Following a number of deftly-handled sea battles, however, Smith gradually wins their confidence. But his severest test is yet to come, off the coast of recently-invaded Norway at the Battle of Narvik. There his final clash with the big cruiser Brandenburg awaits him, when he will have to decide between love for his daughter and loyalty to his country…
Deed of Glory (#8)
March 1942.
The audacious British raid on the docks of Saint Nazaire has begun. It is one of the boldest, most crucial naval operations of the Second World War. Masterminded by Mountbatten and his team of highly trained commandos, it is a mission of daring, skill and extraordinary heroism. Time is desperately short, and the outcome never certain. Captain Jack Ward is a hunter of German E-boats in the North Sea and a veteran of scores of nerve-wracking convoy escorts. He will become embroiled with Special Operations and the French Resistance. And into Operation Chariot: The top secret plan to attack Saint Nazaire.
Blending real history and fictional events, Deed of Glory is a gripping and brilliantly researched account of a true life adventure.
Eagle at Taranto (#9)
World War Two.
Mark Ward has left the Royal College of Music to start flying planes for the Swordfish battalion. His first mission with his battalion and faithful aircraft Ethel is to search the seas for the enemy Italian ships.Then he learns that an Italian fleet of two battleships, sixteen cruisers and close on thirty destroyers are less than 40 miles away and there are rumours of an air attack on Taranto. But the sheltering Italian battleships and cruisers were more heavily defended than anything previously attacked by the slow, lumbering carrier-based, torpedo planes. Meanwhile, American War correspondent Katy Sandford, new to her job but learning fast, also understands the importance and the risks of the Taranto raid when she leaves for Cairo. When their paths cross, there is immediate chemistry and slowly, a romance develops. But they are both caught up in the developing war as the British prepare to attack. The operation JUDGEMENT is put in place. Everyone Katy meets seems to be a casualty of war where the losses are mounting. Will Mark make it through his toughest mission and find his way back to Katy? Can they find love amidst the war and its brutality? And most importantly, will they both make it out alive?
Night Action (#10)
December 1941.
A man of vital importance to the war effort has been captured He is being transported along the French coast by the enemy. He must be returned to England “at all costs”. Haunted by past failures, Lieutenant David Brent must embark on yet another dangerous journey across the Channel to ensure that this mission is a success. But when all does not go to plan, Brent is pushed, once again, to his limit. He must think quickly and logically, and direct his team to safety if possible…and to the ultimate sacrifice if necessary. But haunted by reminders of his past can Brent remain rational and concentrate on the mission at hand? Or will the German troops out-manoeuvre him once more? Night Action is a high-octane read from a master of military thrillers.
Sword at Sunrise: A Novel of D Day (#11)
May 1943.
The Allies are preparing for a strike that will finish Hitler’s Germany. The landing craft Bloody Norah has been attacked and is now burning helplessly at sea. Richard Langley and the sullen stoker, Gilhooley, manage to salvage to ship but not without Langley suffering for his heroic efforts. As he recuperates in a Maltese hospital, his attentions are diverted by the half-French nurse Suzi Jones. Enchanted by her beauty, he longs to learn more about her but he senses that he and Bloody Norah will soon be back in the action. Meanwhile, in Britain, the preparations for Operation Overlord are being finalised. Crucial to the British effort will be the dawn landing on the Normandy beach code-named Sword. Vital to its success will be Langley and Bloody Norah, and the on-the-spot reconnaissance gathered by nurse turned SOE agent Suzi Jones…
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