When Germany's leading tank ace meets the Steppe Fox it's a fight to the death. Faced with overwhelming odds Kampfgruppe von Schroif needs a better tank & fast; but the new Tiger tank is still on the drawing board & von Schroif must overcome bureaucracy espionage & relentless Allied bombing to get the Tiger into battle in time to meet the ultimate challenge. Based on a true story of combat on the Russian Front this powerful new novel is written by Emmy A' Award winning writer Bob Carruthers & newcomer Sinclair Mc Lay. It tells the gripping saga of how the Tiger tank was born & a legend forged in the heat of combat. Gritty intense & breath-taking in its detail this sprawling epic captures the reality of the lives & deaths of the tank crews fighting for survival on the Eastern Front a remarkable novel worthy of comparison with ' Das Boot'.