North Africa, 23 October 1942. The eve of El Alamein, the battle that turned the Second World War.
The greatest artillery barrage in the history of warfare is about to be unleashed. Within twelve days
the Axis forces will be in full retreat, their dreams of controlling the Mediterranean and seizing the
Suez Canal shattered. RAF fighter pilot, Englishman Kit Curtis, is in an unarmed photo-reconnaissance
Spitfire, reporting Axis movements. Ossie Wolf, American volunteer, is seconded to fly in a covert
operation behind enemy lines. Since they flew together during the Siege of Malta, both men have taken
different paths, Curtis following his conscience, Wolf insouciant and headstrong, killer in the air,
liability on the ground. But Alamein unites them in a desperate struggle for survival. And together
they encounter the commander of the Axis forces, the Desert Fox himself...

About The Reader
Graham Padden. Graham's work on screen includes Doctor Who, Casualty, The Kindness of Strangers, Why We
Went to War, Derailed, Casanova. He has been heard in many radio dramas, including David Edgar's Playing
with Fire, Lorna Doone, Blake's 7, and The Archers. He has recorded 60 audio books. He has had 3 plays
produced..

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