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Force 10 from Navarone picks up where Alistair MacLean’s classic The Guns of Navarone left off. The celebrated crew—Keith Mallory, Andrea, and Dusty Miller—are thrust into a new battlefield as they parachute into war‑torn Yugoslavia. Their mission: rescue a division of Partisans and execute a covert operation so deadly and sensitive that even their own allies must remain unaware. The novel delivers tense action, espionage, and wartime daring in the heart of Europe.
First publish date: December 12, 1981
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Alistair MacLean
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