'A devastating story grippingly told, Shockwave also succeeds in being a compelling portrayal of human beings at work.' -- Lloyds List 20050805 'Riveting' -- Soldier 20050508 'Somehow through the pages of this taut chronology the merest whisper of the enormity of it all comes through.' -- Word Magazine 20050901 'Simply riveting. You live every breathless second of it. A terrific book' -- Michael Buerk 'Remarkable. I have been waiting for this book for sixty years' -- Gitta Sereny author of Albert Speer 'Shockwave combines racy, colorful historical detail with profound human concern in a way that does justice to its weighty theme. A remarkable storytelling achievement' -- Frederick Taylor, author of Dresden 'This is an utterly gripping work of micro-history' -- Sunday Express 20050814 'Brilliant' -- Financial Times 20050806 'Tells you everything you want to know about Hiroshima' -- The Sunday Times 20050731 'Walker is content to let the terrible story speak for itself ... offers a timely and harrowing reminder' -- Scotland On Sunday 20050731 'A stunning book, among the most immediate and thrilling works of history I have ever read' -- Irish Times 20050731 'It is the human details that resonate the most...an utterly gripping work of micro-history' -- Evan Griffiths, Daily Express 20051202 'An exciting narrative' -- Herald 20050806 'Stephen Walker has produced a bravura performance ... the horror of what happened is almost impossible to bear' -- BBC Focus 20050509 'A stunning chronicle of one of the 20th-century's defining moments' -- Good Book Guide 20050801

Stephen Walker read Modern History at Oxford and went on to do a Master's degree at Harvard. He was a documentary maker for the BBC for twelve years and more recently for his own company, Walker George Films. He has also directed TV drama, written films such as Death and the Maiden with Ariel Dorfmann, worked as a journalist and written a book, King of Cannes.