Published: Sep. 10, 2011
Words: 111,370 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781465725950

Short description

At the beginning of World War 2, Britain was in the deepest trouble imaginable. 5 minutes flying time away crouched a monster. Alone against it, Britain called out to her Empire. For pilots. From all corners of that Empire, they volunteered. Only the best & brightest were chosen. Daniel Quinn was one of these young men who came to fly against the monster. They had a 1-in-3 chance of survival.

Extended description

“Nor the Years Condemn” is based on the incredible true story of the young men of the Empire Air Training Scheme who answered the call of Britain in her darkest hour. They learnt to fly bone-shatteringly high-performance combat aircraft in which they fought for freedom against the so far unstoppable might of Nazi Germany. In their teens and early-20s, they were the ‘top guns’ of their era, out of pure necessity for the job at hand the best and brightest, physically and mentally, of a generation. This fact will render the death of so many of them doubly heart-rending for the reader, albeit that they were sacrificed in so noble a cause. “Nor the Years Condemn” portrays the gripping saga of doomed, brilliant youth through the eyes of 20-year-old Australian law student and rugby star, Daniel Quinn. Flanked by the highly intelligent, sometimes hilarious young men of his elite ilk, he leaves his peacetime life behind and crosses the Planet to fight tyranny. Flying the iconic Su.. (Read more) “Nor the Years Condemn” is based on the incredible true story of the young men of the Empire Air Training Scheme who answered the call of Britain in her darkest hour. They learnt to fly bone-shatteringly high-performance combat aircraft in which they fought for freedom against the so far unstoppable might of Nazi Germany. In their teens and early-20s, they were the ‘top guns’ of their era, out of pure necessity for the job at hand the best and brightest, physically and mentally, of a generation. This fact will render the death of so many of them doubly heart-rending for the reader, albeit that they were sacrificed in so noble a cause. “Nor the Years Condemn” portrays the gripping saga of doomed, brilliant youth through the eyes of 20-year-old Australian law student and rugby star, Daniel Quinn. Flanked by the highly intelligent, sometimes hilarious young men of his elite ilk, he leaves his peacetime life behind and crosses the Planet to fight tyranny. Flying the iconic Supermarine Spitfire (to this day a stirring symbol of the resistance of Good against Evil), Quinn’s personality is transformed from his peacetime self into a professional killer. With in-the-cockpit-seat flying sequences that readers have described as cinematic, “Nor the Years Condemn” is also a story of the grieving mothers cursed to relinquish their wonderful sons to war, of first love, of strategic deception and betrayal, of brotherhood and once-in-a-lifetime friendship on a knife’s edge. It is a story of shining young men destined never to become old, and of those who do: the survivors condemned by the years, and to memory of their friends who remain forever young. "Nor the Years Condemn" has recently received excellent Reviews - See Crackernight.com.
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Tags

world war 2, remembrance, hitler, spitfire, fighter pilots, war story, battle of britain, royal air force, d day, fighter command, overlord, air war

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Review by: Denise Boneham on Aug. 24, 2012 :
Having watched this novel by Justin Sheedy for sometime on Facebook I was predisposed to like it even before I read it. I was not disappointed one iota. It has the feel of a biography because it reads so authentically.
The characters are developed well and things happen to them that having read books by veterans of the era could well have happened. Good research Justin!
I laughed and cried through the novel and was really glad of the ending.
I read this on Kindle and couldnt put it down - read it in one sitting....
Looking forward to seeing your next novel Justin but can you make it a Bomber Command one (pretty please). The Sydney Regional Aircrew Group might be good contacts for you for a start.... And maybe ABC will make it into a mini series?
(reviewed long after purchase)

Review by: Denise Boneham on Aug. 24, 2012 : (no rating)
Having watched this novel by Justin Sheedy for sometime on Facebook I was predisposed to like it even before I read it. I was not disappointed one iota. It has the feel of a biography because it reads so authentically.
The characters are developed well and things happen to them that having read books by veterans of the era could well have happened. Good research Justin!
I laughed and cried through the novel and was really glad of the ending.
I read this on Kindle and couldnt put it down - read it in one sitting....
Looking forward to seeing your next novel Justin but can you make it a Bomber Command one (pretty please). The Sydney Regional Aircrew Group might be good contacts for you for a start.... And maybe ABC will make it into a mini series?
(reviewed long after purchase)

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