A deadly game of cat and mouse unravels its way out of this spine tingling war story as Lieutenant Yorke must find an answer to one vital question: how are German U-Boats sinking merchant ships from inside the convoys? In this gripping saga of heroism and intrigue, Yorke discovers the fate of one entire convoy. Only his wit and daring can lead to its survival.
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In November 1942, Royal Navy Lieutenant Ned Yorke is recovering the use of his action-damaged left hand and falling in love with his nurse. Chafing at inactivity, Ned is called to Whitehall and the Anti-Submarine Intelligence Unit. Led by suave Captain Watts, ASIU is in the thick of the Battle of the Atlantic, where the Germans are sinking ships faster than the Allies can replace them. ASIU is especially worried by a new twist: lone Nazi subs are wreaking major havoc on Allied convoys from inside the convoys. Ned thinks he's found how the Germans manage this, but he must join a Freetown-bound convoy to spy on a supect neutral ship and, somehow, foil "the Insider." Pope (Decoy, etc.) has, as usual, given us fine wartime color at sea and in London, a keen depiction of the military bureaucracy, credible characters (including a regrettably brief appearance by Ned's mothersophisticated in "a kind and practical way," calmly braving wartime London) and a lively plot.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Pope, who is best known for his "Ramage" series set in the days of sail, presents a modern-day story here: a World War II novel about submarine hunters in the North Atlantic. The action follows lieutenant Ned Yorke of the British Navy, who is sent to investigate a rash of unexplained convoy sinkings. He must find out how German submarines are arriving undetected in the midst of the convoys and why a mysterious Swedish vessel is always present. Posing as a shipwrecked sailor, he manages to get aboard the Swedish ship. Yorke is a convincing character, and the plot is compelling enough to interest most readers. More technical details of actual ship-handling and battle might please the real sea story buff, but on the whole this is a good, entertaining novel. C. Robert Nixon, M.L.S., W. Lafayette, Ind.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
U-boat Inside Convoy and only one man can stop it!,
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This review is from: Convoy (Hardcover)
Dudley Pope is most famous for his non-fiction history and his Hornblowerian Ramage series. In Convoy, he turns his hand to WWII and the Battle of the Atlantic.The novel's protagonist, while recovering from a serious wound, is charged with finding out how German submarines are getting inside Allied convoys. Convoy reads like a detective novel as our hero goes through all the evidence until he comes up with a hypothesis. He then must go to sea with convoy to test his hypothesis. The action then builds to a thundering climax. I had a few problems with this novel which keep me from giving it top marks. First, I don't believe that the Germans were conducting air raids with anywhere near the intensity implied in late 1942. Second, the climax is unrealistic and more appropriate to a Hollywood movie than real life action. In most ways, Convoy seems to be realistic and a tribute to the men who fought the Battle of the Atlantic. The conclusion is far fetched. Convoy lacks the true to life feel of The Cruel Sea or the intensity of H.M.S. Ulysses, but it is still a good read.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Gripping WWII thriller,
By A Customer
This review is from: Convoy (Hardcover)
Captures the frustration and uncertainty of preventing U-boat attacks on unarmed merchant ships. Some well-rounded characters, and a good twist for getting a U-boat past the protecting warships.
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