"Fry has undertaken prodigious research.The book is a fitting tribute to the hundreds of men and women who risked their lives in assisting Allied escapees, and a welcome salute to those who broke out of their PoW camps that they might be returned to the battlefront."--Giles Milton, The Sunday Times "A finely researched appraisal of MI9, one of the least known agencies of the Second World War, whose principal role was to help British prisoners of war escape from enemy-occupied territory."-- The Sunday Times 'Best Paperbacks of 2021' "An enjoyable addition to the historiography. Recommended."-- Choice Shortlisted for the 2020 Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History "A thoroughly comprehensive study of a much-neglected secret wartime organisation."-Nigel West, author of MI6 "A masterful page turner you won't be able to put down. The story of MI9 is one of the most inspiring and exciting of all WWII narratives.

"--Alex Kershaw, author of Avenue of Spies 'Behind every Allied great escape in WWII there stood the brave and resourceful men and women of MI9, an intelligence organisation today almost completely forgotten . A masterful retelling with a fascinating cast of characters straight out of a John le Carré thriller.' Mark Felton, author of Castle of the Eagles "Important, informative and engaging. Fry draws an engrossing picture of the commitment and courage of tens of thousands of agents who helped "escapers" and "evaders" in the European Theatre of Operations.'--Michael Jago, author of The Man Who Was George Smiley.