Before The First Wave

Six men. One secret mission. The night before D-Day.

Normandy, 6 June 1944.

Hours before the Allied invasion of France, six British Royal Engineers are sent on a dangerous covert mission to Sword Beach. Their orders are to infiltrate the heavily defended coastline, identify deadly German obstacles and help prepare a passage for the thousands of soldiers who will follow.

But when their presence is discovered, the mission becomes a desperate fight for survival.

Led by Lieutenant James Fletcher and the battle-hardened Sergeant Arthur Collins, the small team must navigate minefields, enemy patrols and relentless gunfire, knowing that rescue may never come.

Meanwhile, German Oberleutnant Friedrich Weber watches the coastline with growing unease. As the invasion approaches, he faces his own impossible decisions, caught between military duty and the human cost of war.

As dawn breaks and the greatest amphibious invasion in history begins, courage is tested, friendships are forged in blood, and sacrifice becomes unavoidable.

Before the First Wave is a gripping work of historical fiction exploring the untold possibilities of D-Day through the eyes of ordinary men thrust into extraordinary circumstances.

A powerful story of brotherhood, duty, loss and survival, set against one of the most decisive moments of the Second World War.

Before thousands stormed the beaches of Normandy, six men were already fighting to give them a chance.