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Out on 24 September 2026

Jackdaws

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

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
Ken Follett is unquestionably a master storyteller but his unique skill is animating the ordinary lives that history too often fails to recordMariella Frostrup
Follett is a master storytellerThe Times, The Times
One of the great, bestselling novelistsDaily Telegraph, Daily Telegraph