As a direct result of the capture of the British steamer City of Baghdads secret code books by the German surface raider Atlantis in July 1940 the Nazis were able to de-cypher Admiralty convoy plans with deadly effect. Admiral Doenitz aware of the movements of the Allied convoys marshalled as many of his U-boats as possible. This book describes the resulting appalling Allied losses suffered by four convoys during the Autumn of 1940. The first convoy SC2 consisting of fifty-three merchantmen was attacked in early September by four U-boats. Due to poor weather only five ships were lost. Shortly afterwards HX72 sailing from Nova Scotia lost eleven of its forty-one ships to five Type VIIC U-boats. Top Aces Otto Kretschremer & Joachim Schepke who penetrated inside the columns accounted for nine. No less than nine U-boats attacked SC7 in October 1940. Of thirty-five merchantmen a staggering twenty were lost. Despite being a fast convoy with ten escorts HX79 also fared terribly losing twelve ships. In total forty-eight merchantmen were sunk & seven more damaged without any U-boat losses at all.A superbly researched & authoritative account of the darkest hours of the Battle of the Atlantic The Wolf Packs Gather is a tragic account of unprecedented losses of seamen ships & cargo from these merciless attacks on the four convoys. The Author a much published & distinguished historian & Merchant Navy captain is well qualified to describe not only the German tactics but the inadequacies of the Allied counter-measures. ...

Alone in the world Sophie dreams of being someone special but she could never have imagined this. On a school trip to Russia Sophie & her two friends find themselves on the wrong train. They are rescued by the beautiful Princess Anna Volkonskaya who takes them to her winter palace & mesmerises them with stories of lost diamonds & a tragic past. But as night falls & wolves prowl Sophie discovers more than dreams in the crumbling palace of secrets. ...

The gripping second novel in the Oathsworn series charting the adventures of a band of Vikings looking for the return of the Rune Sword that will lead them to Attilas Hoard A band of brothers known as the Oathsworn committed only to each other & feared by many rises again setting sail on the wolf sea in search of vengeance & glory. Washed up in a hostile city battle-weary & out of luck the Oathsworn lie waiting for their reluctant leader the young Orm to bring them back once more to wealth & warfare. But Orms prized sword the legendary Rune Serpent is gone stolen by the rapacious Starkad & with it the runes writ upon the hilt that only Orm can decipher. The Oathsworn embark on a dangerous mission to reclaim their precious sword as they pursue the elusive Starkad across the turbulent wolf sea. Unafraid to fight & cunning in the ways of men they wreak violence & bloody revenge on their enemies. Caught up in the treacherous battles in the East between the rulers of Constantinople aided by hordes of Viking mercenaries & the Arabs their adventures will take them from Greece to Jerusalem across the treacherous wolf sea where only the hunting hungry dare set sail. Epic adventure broad in scope & bloody in action The Wolf Sea is the stunning second novel in the Oathsworn series. ...

What do you run from? Katelyn had only been in Wolf Springs a short time before she was bitten by a werewolf. & now she carries that creature's curse in her veins. But she's not alone. Wolf Springs is home to a hidden family of werewolves the Fenners
- except they swear none of them bit her. Apparently there's a monster on the loose
- something wild & uncontrollable. & to make matters worse Katelyn's struggling to resist her own animal urges. Especially around Trick & Justin. Should she follow her heart
- or her instincts? A red-hot sequel to WOLF SPRINGS: UNLEASHED.


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When Katelyn starts at her new school the only person she knows is the handsome & intriguing Trick Sokolov an acquaintance of her grandfather. Shes surprised when the popular Cordelia Fenner invites her home & when she meets Cordelias hot cousin she begins to think her new life might be ok after all. But as she spends time with the family she realises that the Fenners are harbouring a deep dark secret. Every bone in Katelyns body tells her that the Fenners are mad bad & dangerous to know
- but how can she give up her only friend & how can she ignore the way Justin sets her blood on fire with a single look? Katelyn finds herself caught between three major werewolf clans who have been at war with each other for centuries
- a war it seems that Katelyn is destined to end.

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Beijing intellectual Chen Zhen volunteers to live in a remote settlement on the border of Inner & Outer Mongolia where he discovers life of apparent idyllic simplicity amongst the nomads & the wild wolves who roam the plains. But when members of the Peoples Republic swarm in from the cities to bring modernity & productivity to the grasslands the peace of Chens solitary existence is shattered & the delicate balance between humans & wolves is disrupted. Only time will tell whether the grasslands environment & culture will ever recover! Wolf Totem" has been a sensation ever since it shot to the top of the Chinese bestseller charts in 2004. A beautiful & moving portrayal of a land & culture that no longer exists it is also a powerful portrait of modern China & a fascinating insight into the countrys own view of itself its history & its people." ...

Ricky Lee has no plans of getting serious about anyone but he will protect Toni Jean-Louis Parker. Not just because he's been hired to do so but because it's the right thing to do. & if that means travelling around the country with one complicated She-jackal dealing with chocolate-eating wild dogs instigating trouble between his brothers & having the most amazing sex he's ever had...well who said his job didn't have perks? Toni doesn't know how she keeps getting herself into these situations. But even she has to admit there's something about Ricky Lee Reed that she finds kind of interesting...and downright sexy. Now they just have to survive long enough to figure out if what they have is worth fighting for... ...

To wolf expert Shaun Ellis wolves arent just his work theyre also his family. An extraordinary man Shaun has been fascinated by wolves all his life even living as part of a wild pack for two years with no human contact. What he gained was a unique & fascinating insight into their world & that of our very own domestic dogs. Shaun Ellis grew up in the Norfolk countryside with a passion for & understanding with animals from an early age. His early fascination with wolves & determination to understand them led to him spending years in the US with the Naz Paz Indian tribe watching wolves learning to understand their roles & behaviour in the pack & how to communicate with them. He even lived as part of a wild pack for two years without any human contact. Bringing his knowledge back to the UK he astonished wildlife experts with his knowledge & insight. He now lives eats & sleeps with his two wolf packs at Combe Martin Wildlife Park. This is the story of Shauns determination to understand these extraordinary animals & how what he has learned can help others to understand their own domestic dogs. ...

Fresh from their victory in Germania Marcus Aquila & the Tungrians have been sent to Dacia on the north-eastern edge of the Roman Empire with the mission to safeguard a major source of imperial power. The mines of Alburnus Major contain enough gold to pave the road to Rome. They would make a mighty prize for the marauding Sarmatae tribesmen who threaten the province & the outnumbered auxiliaries are entrusted with their safety in the face of a barbarian invasion. Beset by both the Sarmatian horde & more subtle threats offered by men who should be their comrades the Tungrians must also come to terms with the danger posed by a new & unexpected enemy. They will have to fight to the death to save the honour of the empire
- & their own skins. Some authors are better historians than they are storytellers. Anthony Riches is brilliant at both. Conn Iggulden
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The Aichele family were decent cultured peace-loving Germans trying their hardest not to get swept up in the madness of Hitlers Third Reich. But by the time war came for civilians on all sides there was nowhere left to hide. The conflict took Wolfram the familys gentle 18-year-old son to the Russian Front & the Normandy beaches. It also engulfed the town of his childhood obliterating its inhabitants in a devastating firestorm. Wolfram is a powerful story of human survival. It is testimony to the fact that even in the darkest times there remains a spark of humanity that can never be totally extinguished. ...