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Jungle War

The Jungle War series follows Charlie Torrance, a resourceful soldier in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, during the collapse of British power in Southeast Asia in 1942. Moving from the Japanese invasion of Malaya to the fall of Singapore and the retreat through Burma, the novels combine small-unit survival, intelligence work and pursuit across jungle terrain. Torrance’s assignments place him among soldiers, civilians, prisoners and anti-colonial movements as imperial authority disintegrates under the Japanese advance.

Reading order

Books in this series (3 books)

Torrance: Blitz in Malaya cover

#1 – Torrance: Blitz in Malaya

Jonathan Lunn

Malaya, 1942. Private Charlie Torrance of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders is caught in the rapid Japanese advance down the peninsula. A quiet imperial posting becomes a retreat through plantations and jungle as British positions collapse under mobile attacks, air power and infiltration. When Torrance’s group…

Torrance: Escape from Singapore cover

#2 – Torrance: Escape from Singapore

Jonathan Lunn

Singapore, February 1942. Charlie Torrance is trapped as Japanese forces cross the straits and the British defence contracts around the city. Capture appears increasingly likely, but Torrance is assigned to extract an intelligence operative carrying classified information before the surrender closes every route of escape. Accompanied…

Torrance: Betrayal in Burma cover

#3 – Torrance: Betrayal in Burma

Jonathan Lunn

Burma, 1942. As British forces retreat towards India, Corporal Charlie Torrance is given command of a squad of military offenders and ordered to escort a political prisoner across territory threatened by the Japanese advance. The prisoner is valuable to Burmese independence fighters, and an enemy intelligence…