Talking Location With … Terri Lewis: FRANCE
The Cape Raider
Location(s): Cape Town
Genre(s): Adventure
Era(s): World War II
This World War II novel evokes the landscapes and seascapes of Cape Town, South Africa.
Scarred – physically and emotionally – by the brutal warfare at Dunkirk Jack Pembroke decides to leave his home in England to join his father, Admiral Pembroke, in South Africa.
A fledgling naval force is preparing to fight the coming onslaught of German raiders, and Jack is soon thrust back into action when he is appointed commander of a minesweeping flotilla.
Unknown to Jack, a Nazi commerce raider has left Germany for the Cape intending to wreak havoc on Allied shipping.
And it’s heading straight for him…
Under Jack’s command are an eclectic bunch of men who are unsure of their foreign captain. But he must unite them into a powerful fighting unit if he has any chance of defeating the dangerous enemy.
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