Battlecruiser

The battlecruisers were hailed as the British fleet's greyhounds, remarkable for their size and speed. They were designed to outrun and outshoot their heavier opponents. But the Batle of Jutland exposed their fatal flaw, the weakness of their armor, which could be pierced by a single shell. Since the outbreak of World War II, only four remained in the British fleet. In 1843, Captain Guy Sherbrooke joins H.M.S Reliant. Battlecruisers Hood and Repulse have been destroyed. The Reliant has been a legend and a survivor and now with Britain preparing to invade occupied Europe, she must enter in the battle. Sherbrooke, commander of the ship, knows that for one of her class there can only be death or victory.

275 pages. 9.5 x 6.25 inches. Heinemann, London, England, 1997.