From the master storyteller Ken Follett Hornet Flight is a startling thriller set amidst the Danish Resistance It is June 1941 & Denmark is under German occupation On the rocky coast of Denmark two brothers Harald & Arne Olufsen are straining against the rigid confines imposed by their elderly parents Meanwhile a network of MI6 spies is attempting to decipher an encrypted Luftwaffe radio signal which mentions the new Freya-Gerat
- a rudimentary form of German radar equipment Arne's relationship with Hermia Mount an MI6 analyst draws him into underground politics putting him under surveillance by the Danish security forces
- & by one man in particular who has a personal motive to see Arne fall It is only a matter of time before the brothers' paths converge in a united effort to overcome the Nazis A disused Hornet Moth biplane is their only means of getting a vital message to the British