Killing Ground: a no-holds-barred tale of naval warfare from Douglas Reeman, the all-time bestselling master of storyteller of the sea

Killing Ground: a no-holds-barred tale of naval warfare from Douglas Reeman, the all-time bestselling master of storyteller of the sea

by Douglas Reeman (Author)

Synopsis

In the Western Ocean 1942, from the bridge of HMS Gladiator, Lieutenant-Commander David Howard's orders were chillingly clear. There could be no mercy. To the men who fought to protect the vital, threatened Merchant Navy convoys in the Western Approaches, the Battle of the Atlantic was a full-scale war. It was a relentless, savage war against an ever-present enemy and a violent sea - in an arena known only to its embittered survivors as the killing ground. HMS Gladiator was part of that war. He was an ordinary, hard-worked destroyer and her company of men fighting for survival in a war with no rules...

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Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 320
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 07 Jun 2007

ISBN 10: 009950233X
ISBN 13: 9780099502333
Book Overview: The bestselling novel from the master storyteller of the sea.

Media Reviews
A stirring tale of the Atlantic war ... one can almost smell the sea and the burning oil as Jitler's U-boats wreak havoc * Sunday Express *
Vivid naval action at its most authentic * Sunday Times *
Mr Reeman writes with great knowledge about the sea and those who sail on it * The Times *
Author Bio
Douglas Reeman did convoy duty in the navy in the Atlantic, the Arctic, and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty bestselling historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.