Voyage of the Gray Wolves: (Revised Edition)
The last U-boat. A secret mission. Two men on a collision course across the Atlantic.
June 1944. The war is turning, and Germany's wolf packs are being hunted to extinction. Yet one submarine slips out of Kiel - the U-3535, one of the Reich's most advanced Type XXI Elektroboats, fast, silent, and nearly invisible beneath the waves. She carries more than her crew. On board are Nazi generals, high-ranking officers, and a terrifying secret weapon capable of striking at the heart of England.
At the helm is Oberleutnant Guenter Kern - a battle-hardened, exhausted U-boat commander who has survived five years of war by sheer instinct. His orders are clear. His mission is nearly impossible.
Hunting him is Captain George Hardy, the brilliant, relentless commander of H.M.S. Firedancer, a destroyer that has seen too much war and lost too many men. Hardy will not stop. He never stops.
Told across two timelines - the blood-soaked Atlantic of 1944 and a quiet cottage on the Irish Sea in 1978 - Voyage of the Gray Wolves is a masterfully crafted WWII submarine thriller that plunges readers into the claustrophobic terror of life aboard a U-boat and the brutal chess match of naval warfare. With authentic period detail, unforgettable characters on both sides of the conflict, and a climax that will leave you breathless, this is World War II naval fiction at its finest.
For readers who love WWII U-boat novels, Atlantic battle fiction, and stories where the line between hero and enemy is drawn in saltwater and sacrifice.
Some secrets are meant to sink with the ship. Some men refuse to let them.
Customer Reviews
ThriftBooks ® and the ThriftBooks ® logo are registered trademarks of Thrift Books Global, LLC
