Product Description
“In September 2007, and in conjunction with the Freedom of Information Act 2000, Section 24 and 26(2), the UK Secretary of State for Defence instructed the Military Chiefs of Staff to de-classify the files of Operation Valhalla. He directed that, at an agreed future date, details of the contents should be released into the public domain.” National News Association (UK)
This explosive novel is based on the Operation Valhalla files and on the recollections of the men who survived the operation. The shockingly brutal and chilling Operation Valhalla has only now become public knowledge. In this new and painstakingly researched book Night of the Octopus, the author breaks with military convention to reveal exactly what took place during that incredible week a short while ago. It is a quite astonishing series of revelations that will, for certain, first capture then hold the reader from beginning to end.
This explosive novel is based on the Operation Valhalla files and on the recollections of the men who survived the operation. The shockingly brutal and chilling Operation Valhalla has only now become public knowledge. In this new and painstakingly researched book Night of the Octopus, the author breaks with military convention to reveal exactly what took place during that incredible week a short while ago. It is a quite astonishing series of revelations that will, for certain, first capture then hold the reader from beginning to end.
About the Author
Born in 1941, Paddy King-Fretts grew up
on Exmoor where his family farmed.
Educated at Sherborne and R.M.A.
Sandhurst, he was commissioned into
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
Before commanding his own Regiment in
1982, he completed two operational
tours with 22 S.A.S., serving in the Middle
East and elsewhere. After leaving the
army in 1990 he ran a successful holiday
business in France but has now returned
to North Devon where he writes.
on Exmoor where his family farmed.
Educated at Sherborne and R.M.A.
Sandhurst, he was commissioned into
The Devonshire and Dorset Regiment.
Before commanding his own Regiment in
1982, he completed two operational
tours with 22 S.A.S., serving in the Middle
East and elsewhere. After leaving the
army in 1990 he ran a successful holiday
business in France but has now returned
to North Devon where he writes.
