Kirov Saga: Darkest Hour: Altered States Volume II (Kirov Series)

By John Schettler

Kirov Saga: Darkest HourAltered States ~ Volume IIThe first rounds have fallen, heavy shells smashing against the armored conning tower of HMS Hood, stunning the ship and its stolid Admiral Holland. Yet Hood fights on, her guns raging in reprisal as the pride of two navies meet in the largest naval engagement since Jutland. Even as Admiral Tovey reaches the action, the shadow of Hoffmann's battlegroup looms over his shoulder and the odds stack ever higher against the embattled ships of Home Fleet. Off to the north the Stukas rush to re-arm aboard carrier Graf Zeppelin, while far to the south another ship hastens north to the scene, from a time and place incomprehensible to the men now locked in a desperate struggle raging on a blood red sea that may decide the fate of England in 1940. Can they engage without shattering the fragile mirror of history yet again?Learn the outcome and follow Kirov north as it heads to home waters, determined to meet the man that may have changed the course of all history, Sergei Kirov. Meanwhile the action moves to the Med where the young Christopher Wells is dispatched to Force H. The British must first prevent the powerful French fleet from falling into enemy hands. The fighting has only just begun as Altered States continues the retelling of the naval war in an exciting second volume.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1495256782
• ISBN13: 9781495256783
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 318 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.8" x 5.5"