The Scilly Season

You don’t have to be going to the Scilly Isles this summer to read Mike Williams. His books, Secret Channel and Channel of Invasion, are set on those magical islands at the time of the Second World War, when secret operations were carried out from them.

These are exciting stories of dangerous raids and missions and the action takes place in the English Channel and in Northern France as well as on the Scilly base. The key to the success of the novels, besides the story-telling element, is the characterisation and understanding of people and how they interact and behave. The author revels in his portrayal of the passion and intrigue, of the people and places as well as of the dark and sinister and the cowardly and courageous.

We, the publishers, know Mike Williams as a thinker, lecturer and writer on leadership. This gives extra depth to his exploration of character, but it’s his military background (he was in the Special Boat Squadron and Naval Intelligence for a time) that gives his work grit and authenticity.

I believe in Tremayne (the hero), he has created a classic and enduring fictional persona and his development as a character and leader is fascinating to see unfold. In Commander Enever, he has given us the type of leader (or boss) we would have liked to nurture us. There are plenty of other inspirational characters in the books as well as the ones you love to hate who make our lives hell from time to time.

The two books published so far are the first two in our planned Channel Trilogy. Watch out next year for Mike’s Channel to Freedom, which will complete the series.
(Oh and by the way, reading the books will give you a longing to go to the Scillies or to go back there, if you have been already).

Jerry Coe

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