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The Allies

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This is an action packed World War II story full of thrilling adventure with one, final sardonic twist. Here is a war novel, not about heroics, but about embittered men whose only concern has become their own survival.

It is a compelling fast moving thriller which cannot fail to grip the reader. It would make a fantastic feature film - one that would make Saving Private Ryan seen tame by comparison.

The story takes place across the Nazi-ravaged countryside of wartime Belgium where a British deserter, Wally Shaw, is on the run, fleeing the fighting and the painful memories that haunt him. Military Police hot on his trail, he plunges into hiding - to find himself in company with three German deserters. The ill-matched quartet team up to form an uneasy alliance. Dodging compatriot and foe alike, the allies rely on black marketeering in the red light district for their livelihood - but they soon find it's rewards less that they might have wished, and together they hatch an incredible plot. Following a dramatic coup in which they rescue from prison Wally's American friend Les Harris, a skillful forger - and in which one of them is killed in the ensuing shoot-out - the allies set forth across Europe on their dangerous mission.

In a concentration camp deep in the heart of Germany, SS General Kaltenbrunner is overseeing the printing of millions of Pounds worth of British bank notes with which to flood and destroy the English economy. The allies' plan is childishly simple: to steal the perfect forgeries, with the help of the beautiful Irene, at the Reich Security Headquarters, and escape to Sweden as millionaires, to spend the rest of their lives in the lap of luxury. But carrying out the plan is less simple: and ingenious as the allies are, fate takes some curious turns, culminating in a breath-taking final scenario.