At the beginning of World War Two, Winston Churchill created the Special Operations Executive (SOE) to fight an 'unorthodox war.
' This secret agency trained spies, radio operators, and resistance fighters to serve behind enemy lines. The historical fiction novel,
An Unorthodox War
, weaves together a gripping tale based on real people who served in the SOE and the real events they engaged in.
Honora Ellery-Smythe, Elly to her friends, is a typical WWII British woman who finds herself windowed. Determined to make her husband's death in North Africa meaningful, Elly enlists in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and trains as a radiotelegrapher. During her service, she is recruited by the SOE and sent to France to work with resistance fighters. An Unorthodox War follows Elly as she learns her new trade as a spy and tries to survive the dangers, betrayals, and brutality that were part of World War II reality.