1941: Bismarck, the pride of the German navy, was scuttling for home.
But as Renown and Ark Royal closed in for the kill, the British ships could not suspect that they would be steaming directly in front of a U-boat's torpedo tubes—lining themselves up as the perfect target.
With their deadly war-winning torpedo "U-648" carried he could not possibly fail, Kapitanleutnant Junack told himself …
Operation Rheinübung (18 May - 27 May 1941) takes place during the opening chapters. Unusually for this author the plot is centered around an 'enemy' crew rather than his usual characters, although the story does directly tie in to the novel Sainsbury VC in that the last action of this novel is the same convoy battle that ends that novel.