"Exciting stuff, to be sure, but what really sets the bookapart from the host of look-alikes is Davis's dedication to fleshing out theeccentricity of the main players. It is surely is a good thing that we nolonger associate war with adventure; if it were always as appealing as Davishas made it here, we would grow to love it too much." The Daily Beast "Fascinating." New York Post "Wes Davis' fast-paced tale of wartime sabotage reads more like an Ian Fleming thriller than a mere retelling of events." Wall Street Journal "Pendlebury and Fermor are just two of the extraordinary characters in Wes Davis' The Ariadne Objective . The story unfolds with the rich characterization and perfectly calibrated suspense of a great novel. It can be hard at points to remember the book is actually a work of nonfiction." Christian Science Monitor "Already thrilling in premise, Davis's execution of thispreviously untold war story is spot on especially when he colors in historywith intricate descriptions of the exotic locale.

" Publishers Weekly "An exciting, tense narrative that unfolds like an espionagenovel." Booklist "History both crucial and swashbuckling." LibraryJournal "An exciting, earnestly narrated World War IIstory." Kirkus Reviews "Wes Davis's brilliant chronicle of the battle for German-occupied Crete is doubly rich in its descriptions of character and of the perilous varieties of combat. This story tells how classically literate and well-nigh fearless Britons allied with brigandish locals to confound, confuse, and finally defeat the Nazi occupiers." Robert Stone, author of Dog Soldiers "Meticulously researched and gracefully narrated, The Ariadne Objective shows close-up the final gaudy flowering of the imperial swashbucklersreckless, decadent mischief-makerswho made their home in the world before George Smiley took over his grudging service to the Empire." Geoffrey Wolff, author of A Day at the Beach " The Ariadne Objective is a ripping yarn, and Wes Davis is the perfect person to spin it. Ariadne will appeal to fans of Ben Macintyre's books like Double Cross and Operation Mincemeat and, in fact, to anyone who enjoys a good story well told.

This book kept me up well past my bedtime: I couldn't go to sleep until I finished it." Ben Yagoda, author of About Town "In the grand tradition of John le Carré, Wes Davis has created a thrilling tale of espionage in the face of great peril. This is a gripping history, masterfully told." McKay Jenkins, author of The Last Ridge.