The Wire and the Lines: Fighter pilot turned Prisoner of War

By Patrick Larsimont

The next thrilling instalment of Jox McNabb's war Perfect for fans of Derek Robinson, James Holland, Alan Savage and Len Deighton.

Can Jox escape imprisonment and get back into the war...?

Summer, 1943

When fighter pilot Jox McNabb crashes on the wrong side of the straits of Messina, he is captured by the Germans.

It seems that for Jox, the war might be over.

But Jox is never one to give up. Desperate to escape, he quickly familiarises himself with the camp and gets to know his fellow prisoners.

With punishment brutal for those that have attempted to flee previously, morale is low in the camp and there is little motivation to try and break the rules.

The war is still raging on the outside and Jox will do anything to get back to his No. 333 Squadron, the Black Pigs.

On the orders of a cruel Luftwaffe Colonel, Jox is embroiled in a scheme to use high profile POWs as human shields, covering shipments of precious artworks looted from Sicily and Italy.

Could this mission provide Jox with the means to escape? Can he blow the whistle on the stolen loot?

And can he get back in action and rejoin the war in the skies...?

THE WIRE AND THE LINES is the fifth book in the Jox McNabb Aviation Thrillers series: action-packed, authentic historical adventures following a young RAF pilot during the Second World War.

'one of the best fighter pilot writers active today' - Frank Barnard, author of the Blue Man Falling series

THE JOX MCNABB AVIATION THRILLERS SERIES:
BOOK ONE: The Lightning and the Few
BOOK TWO: The Raiders and the Cross
BOOK THREE: The Maple and the Blue
BOOK FOUR: The Vulcan and the Straits
BOOK FIVE: The Wire and the Lines
BOOK SIX: The Rapids and the Abbey
BOOK SEVEN: The Hunters and the Wrath

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0854956018
• ISBN13: 9780854956012
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Sapere Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"