The Train to Calais (COMMANDO: Short Bursts Book 1)

This is a Short Story of approximately 8,400 words...

June, 1941. The French partisan Andre Bouchard - known as "The Butcher of Calais" for his bloody crusade against the Nazis - leads a desperate band of resistance fighters to strike a blow against the occupying German army. Their mission: derail a train traveling to Calais carrying German troops and their supplies, then kill every living soul on board.

Everything seems to be going according to plan, but the fate of an innocent village boy becomes entangled with Bouchard's plot. Will he risk the success of the mission to save the boy, or will the Butcher of Calais strike at his enemies, no matter the consequences?

The Train to Calais is the first in the COMMANDO: Short Bursts series of short stories related to the COMMANDO World War Two adventure novels. It is related to events that take place in Operation Arrowhead and Operation Bedlam, but can be enjoyed on its own.