I’m thrilled to announce that I’ve written a specially-commissioned follow-up to The Pearl of Penang. You won’t be able to buy it in its own right until the summer, but it is already available on pre-order for a May 5th publication date as part of a 10-book collection to mark the 75th anniversary of the Second World War. Here’s some information about the collection.

From USA Today, international bestselling and award-winning authors comes a collection filled with courage, betrayal, hardships and, ultimately, victory over some of the most oppressive rulers the world has ever encountered.

By 1944, the Axis powers are fiercely holding on to their quickly shrinking territories.

The stakes are high—on both sides:

Liberators and oppressors face off in the final battles between good and evil. Only personal bravery and self-sacrifice will tip the scales when the world needs it most.

Read about the heroic act of a long-term prisoner, an RAF squadron leader on the run in France, a Philippine family fleeing their home, a small child finding unexpected friends amidst the cruelty of the concentration camps, a shipwrecked woman captured by the enemy, and a young Jewish girl in a desperate plan to escape the Gestapo.

2020 marks 75 years since the world celebrated the end of WWII. These ten books will transport you across countries and continents during the final days, revealing the high price of freedom—and why it is still so necessary to “never forget”.

Included books are:

Stolen Childhood by Marion Kummerow

The Aftermath by Ellie Midwood

A Long Way Back by Fenella J. Miller

Prisoner from Penang by Clare Flynn

Too Many Wolves in the Local Woods by Marina Osipova

Adele’s Story by Rachel R. Heil

Liberation Berlin by JJ Toner

Magda’s Mark by Chrystyna Lucyk-Berger

Liberation Street by Kellie Butler

When’s Mummy coming? By Rachel McKenna

More than 1000 pages filled with suspense, danger, heartbreak, and redemption.

And here’s the blurb on my own Prisoner from Penang

A vivid and moving story of sacrifice, hope and humanity

After Penang is attacked by the Japanese at the end of 1941, Mary Helston believes Singapore will be a safe haven. But within weeks the supposedly invincible British stronghold is on the brink of collapse to the advancing enemy.

Mary and her mother are captured at sea as they try to escape and are interned on the islands of Sumatra. Imprisoned with them is Veronica Leighton, the one person on the planet Mary has reason to loathe with a passion.

As the motley band of women struggle to adapt to captivity, relationships and friendships are tested. When starvation, lack of medication and the spread of disease worsen, each woman must draw on every ounce of strength in their battle for survival.

You can pre-order The Road to Liberation from all leading online retailers NOW for publication on May 5th. It will only be available for a limited time so grab a copy while you can. If you pre-order now you will be able to buy at a lower price, currently 99p/99c. The price will rise periodically between February 1st and publication day so place your pre-order now. You will only be billed on publication day when the collection will magically appear on your reading device and you will only be billed by the retailer then and at the price you pre-ordered at! This universal link takes you to all the retailers where the book is available.