Hornet Flight
Author Ken Follett’s spy thriller “Hornet Flight” is set during World War II. The story takes place in June 1941, when England’s war effort is struggling. The main character, 18-year-old Harald Olufsen, finds a German-held secret military station on the Danish island of Sande. This discovery might change the course of the war,
but Harald must tell England. His only hope is an old, abandoned Hornet Moth airplane that is rusting away in a fallen church. It is an amazing story of bravery, persistence, and the will to go on in the face of unfathomable hardship.
About the Author
Made his name in 1978 with Eye of the Needle, a wartime spy thriller, and could comfortably have written that same book for the rest of his career. Instead he spent years on The Pillars of the Earth, a novel about building a cathedral in…
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