The Black Jackals

Read this book in 2011, and its the 1st of a two-part mini-series about the "Black Jackals" during WWII.This book portraits in a wonderful fashion a team of soldiers who were left behind to cover the British retreat from France.Leader of that team of soldiers is Lt Peter Lamb, and he and his team will successfully blow up a bridge in an effort the give the British forces some more time to retreat from the German tank pursuit, but this same operation will kill refugees fleeing that scene.When they are finally cut off from the rest of their regiment and assigned on a mission that takes them deep into France, they must fend for themselves during the chaos of WWII, and face the consequences when cracks begin to appear.What will follow is a fascinating story showing us a tense time with internal struggles within Peter Lamb's men, but if they want to keep their focus on both the French allies and the German enemy they will need to react decisively in order to overcome these deadly challenges of war and so live for another day.Very much recommended, for this is a very satisfying start of a truly promising series, and that's why I like to call this episode: "A Very Interesting Black Jackals Begin"!

Great WWII book .

Kept me reading, but a bit awkwardly plotted and reliant on multiple coincidental encounters. I'll be looking for the second book, but probably not immediately.

This book is the start of a series of Lt Peter Lamb and his troop of soldiers and the various scraps they get into. Chased across Belgium and France to end up a Dunkirk trying to escape in the small ships.It was a very good read which kept up the suspense on each page. Looking forward to reading the next book

A good idea, but I do not think the Germans would have been quite so inept.