The Good Shepherd: ‘Unbelievably good. Amazing tension drama and atmosphere’ James Holland

THE GRIPPING NAVAL THRILLER NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING TOM HANKS _______ 1942. America enters the war and an untested officer receives his first wartime command . . . Ploughing through icy submarine-infested North Atlantic seas is a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships carrying vital Allied supplies. In charge is Commander Krause a grizzled but unproven veteran of the U.S. Navy. Over the next forty-eight hours he will stay on watch aboard the bridge of his destroyer as the convoy is hounded by a murderous wolf pack of German U-boats determined to sink every ship without trace. But armed with extraordinary courage and grit Commander Krause will battle the U-boats tiredness self-doubt and self-reproach as he desperately tries to protect the ships and lives under his command . . . This classic wartime novel is a thrillingly taut tale of bravery and determination against all odds set during the darkest moments of the Second World War. _______ Praise for C. S. Forester Action tension tingling suspense . . . The greatest adventure story to come out of World War II Life Magazine I recommend Forester to every literate I know Ernest Hemingway I find Hornblower admirable vastly entertaining Sir Winston Churchill About the Author C. S. Forester was born in Cairo in 1899 where his father was stationed as a government official. On the outbreak of war he entered the Ministry of Information and later he sailed with the Royal Navy. In the HORNBLOWER novels created the most renowned sailor in contemporary fiction. He died in 1966.