I Shall Avenge!

A FOREIGN LEGION THRILLER Separated from his beloved wife during the war, Kriso Tovak believes her to be dead. Then, after the war—having joined the Foreign Legion—he learns she is still alive… Kriso plotting to desert the army to join his wife in Prague, is captured, court-martialled, and executed. But the shock doesn’t end there, as his execution triggers a sequence of ghastly events at the Legion base at Dini Sadazi. Legionnaires Rex Tyle and Pete Havers get caught up in the unfolding events, along with their superiors, Captain Monclaire, and Colonel Jeux, a tragic drunkard who once had a brilliant brain. But at the heart of it all is Annice Tovak, who takes terrible vengeance for the death of her husband. I shall Avenge! is a classic military thriller packed with twists and turns and explosive action. John Robb (1917-1993) was born Norman Robson in Northumberland, England. Aged nineteen, he became a journalist, working on the Daily Mirror, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail and Daily Express. After war service in the army and as a correspondent, Robb joined The Star in Sheffield. Writing as John Robb, he became a prominent novelist. His first two novels in 1951 were Space Beam and No Time For Corpses. He went on to write the successful Legion novels, based as they were on his own experiences.