This seat-gripping military romance is set in war-blitzed England and beats to it's own drum. Rachel O'Callaghan, the Scottish heiress is vulnerable after her mother's unexplained death, and Barn, the son of a powerful clansman has become forceful - yet marriage preparations are well under way. So it was by chance in London she meets Jesse, a handsome young blacksmith. Brimming with zest the chaptors explode when Hitler invades Poland and the 'Blacksmith' is accepted to fly night fighters. Be held breathless when the raiders appear on the horizon like a swarm of wasps. Be inspired by the gallant British, as they rise up against the mighty force of the conquering Nazis. Take pleasure in the innocence of true love - but can love in war-time survive? London is burning fiercely. The RAF are running out of fighters . . . the ranks of pilots are thinning . . . Be transfixed when Rachel, the Bristol blue-eyed English spy is escorted to dinner with Herr Goring. And Carl, the affable German ace is moved by her beauty. But Rachel is captured by the SS. Her execution is imminent. And what hope had Jesse in life? Orphaned from birth he was placed in a foundry, but Woody Bone, his foster father was a man possessed. Will the frailty of the Spitfire pilot surface? Is the craziness of Woody embedded deep in his being? But he knew he must save Rachel, somehow, someway . . This novel shows the transformation of a boy to a righteous man, but in times of great fear man falters. The work is essentially fiction, yet many of the war-time incidents, did in fact happen. The Sirens of Hornchurch is a masterful debutant novel, and sweeps the reader eagerly through the pages.

Jesse Bone, the 'Blacksmith' swooped in his Spitfire and circled dangerously low over the shimmering sea. He glanced behind. Only a single vapor trail smoked across the blue.

Rachel, a Scottish heiress who liaises for the ORG is manning the VHF radio at 11th Group Fighter Command.
She hears pilots in conflict. She stares at the receiver.

Shocked by the vulgarity of war, something inside Rachel knew nothing would be the same. How could it be? In a few short weeks she would be captured by the SS. Her execution was imminent.

From his first breath Jesse had little hope in life. An orphan he was placed in Streatly, in a foundry, but his foster father was possessed.

Deep in the being of Jesse's soul was a broken spirit - but he knew he must save Rachel, someway, somehow . . .

Set in a war-ravaged London this dramatic novel, brimming with gusto is bound to bring much enjoyment.
Although fiction, many of the military incidents, did in fact happen.

Now in paperback for the first time, the first volume of Richard Smith's popular and well received study of the illustrious airfield and its distinguished pilots.

Taking the reader through World War One (as Sutton's Farm), when early RFC pilots were hailed as the knights of the air, through the 1930s to the outbreak of war, household names abound - Leefe Robinson, 'Sailor' Malan, Bob Stanford Tuck, Brian Kingcome, Al Deere, Paddy Finucane, Eric Lock, and many more. But it was as a main Sector Station in both the Dunkirk evacuation and the Battle of Britain, that Hornchurch achieved lasting fame. Its record is second to none and after 7 years of exhaustive research interviewing commanders, pilots, groundcrews and WAAFs, Richard Smith has written the complete history, with unique photographic coverage.