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1) Death Trap
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Common Smith is in a race against time to retrieve sensitive British intelligence before it falls into enemy hands. Yugoslavia, Winter 1924. The British official courier plane from Cairo to Gibraltar has been forced down in the mountains off the Yugoslavian coast by snow.
The plane was on its way to London bearing vital documents about Moscow's plans for the Balkans, including an uprising in Yugoslavia. It is vital that no one finds these plans,...
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When peace plans are threatened, Common Smith swings into action Germany, 1929. England, France and the USA are preparing to de-militarize the West Bank of the Rhine. German nationalists, financed by the great industrialists, have other ideas.
They plan a series of strikes against Allied troops marching westwards. The Hell's Angels - barnstorming German ex-pilots who fled to America after the war - are recalled to Germany for the final attack.
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From the carnage of war a new hero is born.1920. The slaughter of World War One is over, but already secret little wars are breaking out all over 'New Europe'.
Sub-Lieutenant de Vere Smith VC, at twenty the youngest Victoria Cross holder in the British Empire, is asked by the head of the Secret Service to help convoy arms to the Poles, under threat from Russia and Germany.
Jumping at the chance, Smith refits his old patrol boat, Swordfish and sets...
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When an entire army retreats, Common Smith VC must turn the tide
Spring, 1922. The Greek army is retreating from Turkey and Kemal Ataturk, the Turkish dictator, intends to have their convoy sunk. The resulting chaos will help a defeated Germany and Russia, unless someone intervenes.
'C', the mysterious head of the British Secret Service, knows that Britain is already far too stretched, the French have their own problems, and America has retreated...
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A kidnapped princess sends Common Smith racing to the land of the rising sun. China, 1927. Communists and Nationalists are fighting each other, and bandits and warlords plague the country.
Imperial Japan is eager to provoke a war, and when Princess Sadie, a member of the Japanese royal family, is kidnapped, her life is at stake. For if she dies, the Japanese will have the excuse they need to invade.
The mission of Common Smith VC and the redoubtable...
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Common Smith's most dangerous mission yet...
Russia, 1924. Lenin, Communist Dictator of Russia, is dying. In the wings, his chief aides are jostling for power, and in the provinces revolution is brewing once more. Soviet Russia is on the brink of explosion...
Caught up in the turmoil is Serge, the illegitimate teenage son of Tsar Nicholas II, who was executed by the Communists in 1918. Determined to save this member of his extended family, King...
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An assassination threat risks plunging Europe into a second world war. Only Common Smith can avert calamity Germany, 1923. The beaten Fatherland is in turmoil, inflation is raging and millions are unemployed. Adolf Hitler is raising a right-wing traditionalist Germany to march on Berlin and Von Horn, the perverted head of the secret German Intelligence Unit, plans to murder the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army of the Rhine.
"C", head of MI6,...
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