The Good Shepherd (Paperback)

from paulhoff

Until a friend gave this to me I had no idea the author of the Horatio Hornblower series did anything in the modern era. Really enjoyed the book. If you want to understand what it was like to be the commander of a convoy poached on by subs during WWII this will put you there.

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Well done and feels accurate. It is repetitive reflecting the nature of what it depicts. The fatigue grows on you but in the right way and never flags interest. Most submarine books are about the subs, or the capital ships destroyed, interesting to see it from the perspective of sub-destroyers. I...

from usnmm2

A good story of the action in the North Atlantic. Most of the action takes place on the bridge and from the prospective of the Captain (The son of a Luthern Minister and prone to quote scripture to himself)as He battles a German Wolf pack. You can see and feel the tension as he is forced to make ...

from DeaconBernie

C.S.Forester always nails naval battle books, and this is no different. This story tells how an overage high ranking officer is given a task for which he has little experience but who rises to the needs of the job, all the while challenging himself. Although the principle character is a U.S.Navy ...

from DinadansFriend

An American destroyer Captain gets a convoy across the Atlantic in the middle stage of WWII at sea. Ordinary Forester but superior to his many rivals in this genre.