The Rising Sun
1999
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4.22
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151
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December, 1941. Wing Commander Ken Armstrong's Secret Squadron must face a new enemy and turn the tide of the war. In North Africa, the Germans have been halted ... for the time being. But now there is a new enemy... In the Far East, the Japanese strike at Pearl Harbor, Malaya and Burma. While the men want to rush to protect their American allies, they know the whole world is at stake. Wing Commander Ken Armstrong's secret squadron, together with other reinforcements, is immediately rushed to Burma to provide the spearhead of an air strike force – and his pilots soon find themselves locked in combat with a deadly and ruthless foe. The Japanese fight with a fury the likes Armstrong has never seen. The battle takes far more out of his team than he anticipated. The American fleet that survived the bombing and turned the tide against the Japanese at Pearl Harbor arrive to serve side by side against this insidious threat. They survive, but just barely. Stranded, beset by enemies, lost... Cut off at an airstrip deep in the inhospitable jungle, fighting alongside their American comrades, they form a deadly team that takes a fearsome toll of the enemy – until their supplies and aircraft begin to run out... Will the Secret Squadron survive their campaign toward the rising sun? The Rising Sun is an enthralling military adventure. Praise for Robert Jackson ‘The descriptions of weaponry…are authentically detailed.’ - Publishers Weekly 'Takes you to the heart of the action.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of Cold Kill. Robert Jackson (b. 1941) is a prolific author of military and aviation history, having become a full time writer in 1969. As an active serviceman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve he flew a wide range of aircraft, ranging from jets to gliders. The Rising Sun is the fourth book in The Secret Squadron series .
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Author
Robert Jackson
Author · 47 books
Robert Jackson was born in 1941 in the North Yorkshire village of Melsonby. A former pilot and navigation instructor, his active involvement with aviation lasted many years. Following his retirement from the RAFVR in 1977 as a squadron leader, he became a full-time aviation writer and aerospace correspondent and lectured extensively on strategic issues. He speaks five languages, including Russian, and has written more than forty nonfiction works on military affairs. He is also the author of the popular Yeoman and SAS fiction series.
