HMS Ulysses

HMS Ulysses is the first novel written by Alistair MacLean, based on his experiences on the HMS Royalist. The main protagonists are Captain Vallery and Admiral Starr.

Blurb
Already pushed beyond the limits of endurance, HMS Ulysses and her crew must put to sea again, to escort a vital supply convoy heading for Murmansk.

Surging deep into the frozen Arctic waters, they must battle not only the fierce weather, but German attacks from the air, the sea, and beneath the waves, as the feared U-boats close in on their prey.

With each day bringing greater destruction, and increasing hardships aboard the frozen cruiser, it soon becomes a tense and deadly game of cat and mouse between the crippled Ulysses and her silent pursuers.

Praise
 'The most successful British novelist of his time' Jack Higgins

 'A brilliant, overwhelming piece of descriptive writing' Observer

 'It deserves an honourable place among twentieth-century war books' Daily Mail

 'HMS Ulysses is in the same class as The Cruel Sea' Evening Standard

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