Before the triumph of D-Day, there was the tragedy of Dieppe—where a secret operation altered the course of World War II.

The summer of 1942 finds the Allies desperate for a foothold in Hitler’s Europe. Operation Jubilee is born in the smoke-filled rooms of the War Office—a daring raid that will test not just military might, but the moral fabric of those who command from safe distances.

Arthur Cutter, a haunted SOE operative barely out of Oxford, is forced back behind enemy lines for one final mission: infiltrate Dieppe’s defenses to gather intelligence critical for the raid.

In the skies above Scotland, American-born RAF instructor Ian Faraday battles to prepare his pilots to provide air cover for the operation, even as his own demons threaten to ground him permanently.

In Occupied France, resistance fighter Talia Crevier becomes Cutter’s unlikely ally, risking everything to map Nazi positions around Dieppe while battling the prejudice of her male comrades.

American Ranger Malcolm Parker, embedded with British Commandos slated for the raid’s first wave, uncovers disturbing truths about Jubilee’s planning—an operation compromised by ambition and miscalculation before it even begins.

As dawn breaks on August 19, 1942, four lives converge in a maelstrom of violence. Like pieces on a chessboard, they are moved by forces beyond their control, each forced to grasp the cost of sacrifice and the brutal truths of waging a clandestine war.

Award-winning author Conor Bender delivers a masterful blend of historical truth and heart-pounding fiction in this unflinching portrait of the forgotten raid that exposed the terrible cost of political ambition. Perfect for fans of Lee Jackson and CW Browning.

Before Operation Jubilee, there was the Vichy Treasury.

“Terrific! Intriguing. A war story like no other told in clear, heart-beating prose. Read it now!” —Lee Jackson, author of the After Dunkirk series

In the shadows of history’s greatest conflict, a fortune in gold lies buried beneath the scorching Saharan sands.

September 1940. As Nazi forces sweep across Europe, the wealth of nations vanishes into the desert. The gold reserves of France, Belgium, and Poland—a treasure so vast it could determine the outcome of World War II—have been hidden in the badlands of French West Africa.

For Gavin Briggs, a debt-ridden smuggler operating out of Dakar, salvation arrives in an unexpected form: Frederick Atkinson of British Intelligence. The shadowy operative offers Briggs and his local partners, the Diagne brothers, a devil’s bargain—find the hidden Vichy Treasury and escape the wrath of Dakar’s most dangerous crime boss.

But they aren’t the only ones on the hunt. Rudolph Goethe, the brilliant and ruthless Abwehr agent, follows the same trail of clues across the unforgiving landscape. Meanwhile, Valerie Gaspard, a young French West African socialite with fierce loyalty to her homeland, is determined to protect the bullion from both Allied and Axis forces.

As British forces gather on the horizon and the war inches closer to this forgotten corner of the conflict, an unlikely band of smugglers finds themselves caught in a deadly race that will test not just their survival instincts, but the very nature of loyalty in a world torn apart by war.

From award-winning author Conor Bender comes a pulse-pounding tale of treasure and treachery, where the sands of the Sahara hold the key to victory. Perfect for fans of Jack Higgins and Steve Berry.