Crescendo of Doom

Kirov Saga: Paradox Hour

The hour and day that Fedorov and the crew of Kirov have long feared draws nigh, the moment of insoluble conflict, when their greatest enemy is not another hostile ship or plane, but their own selves—Paradox Hour.

Yet before that moment comes, the ship finds itself in one of the greatest naval chases of all time. It is May, 1941, and a powerful German battlefleet has broken out into the Atlantic. Admiral Tovey is fast on the heels of Hindenburg, but must first run the gauntlet of Gibraltar to get into the hunt. With him are three of the most powerful ships in the world, Kazan, Argos Fire, and the battlecruiser Kirov. Yet Admiral Lütjens will not fight alone. The Kriegsmarine now sorties with all its might as Raeder throws the dice in a desperate bid to prove his navy’s worth and power.

As Admiral Holland musters the fighting ships of the Home Fleet to join in the chase, Admiral Raeder springs yet another surprise in the north, and soon the Royal Navy is reaching for every warship it can find to beat to quarters. One ship called to the action harbors a secret, the missing key Elena Fairchild is so keen to find—HMS Rodney. It is now at grave risk, and should it be lost, the secret it might unlock will be lost with it, and the doom Fairchild so darkly describes may then be unavoidable.

Join Anton Fedorov, Admirals Volsky and Tovey, Captain Gromyko and a host of historical characters as the chase unfolds, a race against time itself, and the shadow of doom that hangs over the world. Meanwhile, consumed by the fire of his own thirst for vengeance, one other man figures prominently in that fate—Vladimir Karpov—for he holds yet another key to the outcome of all these events, as he sets himself on another chase of his own, desperate to find and cow his arch rival and enemy, Ivan Volkov.

Don’t miss the grand finale of “Season Two” of the amazing Kirov Series, coming soon from the Writing Shop Press.