Sep 1939 - 27 Apr 1941
''Between your body and his,'' the old Arab woman told the lovely Greek-ltalian girl, Daphnis, ''lies the Sword of Fate.''

In the battle-scarred days of 1940 Julian Day finds himself in Alexandria – in a whirlpool of intrigue and spy-rings. He falls under suspicion both from his fellow countrymen and the Germans. Driven by conflicting loyalties, he sets sail for Greece and the ill-starred campaign of 1941, and, determined to sheath the Sword of Fate, he journeys into the heart of enemy-held territory. The danger is desperate; the price of failure – death.