NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKSDiscover the acclaimed wartime classic from C. S. Forester -
originally published as The Good Shepherd 'Unbelievably good' James Holland bestselling author
of Normandy '44 It's 1942. America has just joined the war. Greyhound an international convoy
of thirty-seven allied ships is in operation. Captain Krause must lead his first command of a
US destroyer as the convoy ploughs through the icy submarine-infested North Atlantic seas. For
forty-eight hours Krause will play a desperate cat and mouse game against the wolf packs of
German U-boats. His mission looks doomed to fail. But armed with extraordinary courage and grit
hope may just be on the horizon. . . This is a riveting classic of naval warfare from the
author of the legendary Hornblower series. 'High and glittering excitement' New York Times
