The Volunteers — Douglas Reeman

Sicily, 1943 ... They were the men and women of the Royal Navy's Special Operations units. Carrying out lightning raids on hostile coasts, they became a navy within a navy -- each hand-picked for their individual skills, and all of them courageous. Against the mighty backdrop of World War II they performed their small but deadly operations -- living often beyond hope, sometimes beyond mercy. This is the dramatic story of a handful of such people ...