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Early 1942: the fate of the Suez Canal and access to Middle East oil hangs on the fate of an island just 17 miles long by 9 miles wide: Malta.
Determined to destroy the British forces threatening Rommel’s supply lines, the Axis powers drop more bombs on Malta than London endured throughout the Blitz. The population is forced underground, while the RAF struggles with inadequate resources to fend off defeat. Meanwhile, Britain’s Atlantic lifeline is fraying....
Voices on the Wind follows the fate of four of Malta’s defenders:
Senior Intelligence Officer
and former Battle of Britain ace, W/Cdr “Robin” Priestman; WAAF SigInt Officer
Candice
Weld, sent out from Bletchley Park to “man” the only X-machine outside the UK;
F/O “Ned”
Nettleton, a Beaufort torpedo bomber pilot engaged in suicidal attacks against
enemy shipping; and Chief Officer Stevie Mackay of the British Merchant Navy,
fighting to keep Britain’s own lines of supply open.
Praise:
What emerges from these pages is more than a story of military operations. It is a portrait of service, endurance, and sacrifice viewed through multiple perspectives, each contributing to a richer understanding of a critical moment in history.
Yarde Book Promotions
Through a collective of narrators working in different areas of the war effort, mainly in and around Malta, "Voices on the Wind" by Helena P. Schrader explores a frequently overlooked aspect of history, delving into the defence of Malta during the Second World War.
The Coffee Pot Book Club
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Helena P. Schrader is the author of 21 historical
novels and six non-fiction history books. She earned a PhD in History from the
University of Hamburg and served as a U.S. diplomat in Europe and Africa. She
has won numerous literary awards, and two of her titles—Cold Peace, the
first book in the Bridge to Tomorrow series on the Berlin Airlift, and her
Battle of Britain novel, Where Eagles Never Flew—achieved Amazon #1
Bestseller status in aviation and military historical fiction.
Schrader masterfully blends meticulous historical research with compelling storytelling. Her success can best be measured not by the many awards or positive reviews, but by the fact that witnesses of the history she describes praise the authenticity of her works. Battle of Britain ace, W/Cdr Bob Doe enthusiastically declared that Where Eagles Never Flew got it “smack on the way it was for us fighter pilots.” Traitors for the Sake of Humanity: A Novel of the German Resistance won recognition for its extraordinary sensitivity to a complex topic from the survivors of the military conspiracy against Hitler and the widows of some of those executed.
The dramatic siege of Malta in WWII attracted Schrader’s attention years ago, and she has visited the island several times to conduct research, visit the important sites, and gain a greater understanding of the people. As she became drawn deeper into the material, the temptation to combine a novel about the siege of Malta with another of her lifelong loves, the British Merchant Navy, became irresistible. Schrader has been an avid sailor all her life and served as a petty officer in the British Merchant Navy on sail training ships in her youth.
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