Dark Rose - Mike Lunnon-Wood

IT WAS A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD CIVIL ENGINEERING STUDENT WHO RAISED THE ALARM, DREW ATTENTION TO THE FIRST INVASION IN WESTERN EUROPE BY OUTSIDERS SINCE THE TURKISH SIEGE OF VIENNA WAS BROKEN BY A MIXED RESCUE FORCE OF GERMANS, PRUSSIANS AND POLES IN 1592.

Before anyone knew it, Ireland had been taken over he surprise pawn in a stunning new game of Middle Eastern politics. But if the invaders thought they would get away with it easily, they were wrong. As the truth dawns, an extraordinary collection of soldiers, farmers, students and expatriates gets together a Celtic resistance force and heads for a titanic confrontation...

With a great cast of characters, packed with action, excitement and suspense, Dark Rose is a fascinating portrayl of a world event that couldn't happen...or could it?