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Out on 24 September 2026

Jackdaws

Paperback

Synopsis

‘The master storyteller’ – The Times

‘This fresh concept is carried off with effortless skill’ – Barry Forshaw

Jackdaws by Ken Follett is an irresistible novel about the French Resistance – a story of love, courage and revenge in the Second World War.


A Failed Mission
Two weeks before D-Day, the French Resistance try to destroy a telephone exchange vital to Nazi communications. Heavily defended, the mission fails disastrously.

A Daring Plan
With invasion looming, Flick Clairet, a British secret agent, proposes a daring but perilous new plan. She, along with an all-female team – the Jackdaws – will infiltrate and neutralize the exchange before Allied forces land in France.

A Race Against Time
However, unbeknownst to Flick, a German army officer has assigned a brilliant spy-catcher – Dieter Franck – to crush the French Resistance. And now Franck is closing in . . .

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Praise for Ken Follett:

‘Monumentally epic’ – Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher series

‘There’s a reason he’s a bestseller – he can tell a story . . . It’s like watching a high-end box set’ – The Times

‘Follett is a master’ – The Washington Post

‘One of the great, bestselling novelists’ – The Daily Telegraph

‘Suspenseful, gripping’ – New York Post

‘Deeply satisfying’ – Entertainment Weekly

Details

24 September 2026
624 pages
9781035092758
Imprint: Pan

Reviews

Ken Follett is unquestionably a master storyteller but his unique skill is animating the ordinary lives that history too often fails to recordMariella Frostrup
His fresh concept is carried off with the kind of effortless skill that was the distinguishing feature of Follett’s best books, and his protagonist, Flick, is a distinctive, unusual creationBarry Forshaw
Follett is a master storytellerThe Times, The Times
One of the great, bestselling novelistsDaily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph