ROGUE HEROES - The Heroic Epic of the SAS, Special Air Service

The heroic and improbable epic of a band of British soldiers against Nazi Germany: the SAS, Special Air Service.

Summer 1941. At the height of the war in the Western Desert, David Stirling, a young officer, has a bold idea — a new plan of attack: to surprise the enemy where he least expects it, behind his own lines. Despite opposition from the British high command, he manages to recruit an eclectic cast of characters — from an international rugby player to a tomato grower — all of whom want action and to break free from the rules.

This phantom team, subjected to superhuman training, would become an elite unit with an evocative motto: « Who Dares Wins ».

Thanks to unprecedented access to the SAS war diary and its secret archives, Ben Macintyre retraces the remarkable story of these soldiers who had nothing in common except extraordinary courage and a fierce determination to fight against Nazi Germany and its allies.

« This book reads like a blend of The Dirty Dozen and The Great Escape, with a dash of Ocean's Eleven, all perfectly balanced. » The New York Times

A journalist at The Times and internationally bestselling author of The Spy and the Traitor, Ben Macintyre is a specialist in the Second World War and the Cold War. The adaptation of Rogue Heroes as a television series, directed by Steven Knight, made a major impact on its release on Canal+ in 2022.