NOW A MAJOR FILM STARRING TOM HANKS Discover 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
