Publisher's Synopsis
1942: Thousands of British and American soldiers are launched on Operation Torch, to sweep out the Axis forces from occupied North Africa and pave the way for Europe's liberation. Englishman Will Walker, an ambitious officer rueing broken dreams of an SOE career and frustrated by his assignation to Field Security Services, is determined to assert his fragile authority at almost any cost. Meanwhile, quiet and thoughtful Ray Marfione, Italian-American infantryman of the US Army, fights grimly on under his own personal shadow: convinced his death is imminent, and conscious of his innocence being further eroded each day. As both men stand poised for the invasion of Sicily, they have no notion that this next campaign will result in their fortunes becoming entwined with that of a notorious mafioso...
