Some Desperate Glory

'There was a moment's silence, and then the great black castle above von Dodenburg erupted in little bursts of fire. Tiny eruptions of dirt pock-marked the banks of the stream. Whip-sharp cracks filled the ears of the German soldiers. Von Dodenburg stood strong at the head of the line, ejecting round after round from his machine pistol towards the castle. Schulze, dripping water from his chin, was at his shoulder. “We'll be cut to shreds if we stay here, sir,” he offered, conversationally, as his MP40 rattled through its clip at his hip.
“Forward! To the castle!” von Dodenburg roared to his men. The sodden, frozen, soldiers under fire hurried after him up the stream. The battle for Schloss Hartmanstein had commenced.'

Some Desperate Glory follows the adventures of two men, the SS commander Kuno von Dodenburg and the sod-it-all American intelligence officer Captain Lawson. Across a war-torn Europe, they clash with their common enemy: the beautiful, lustful, whip-cracking Frau von Assleben. Celebrated anti-heroes Sgt Schulze and Cpl Matz are von Dodenburg's loyal followers, driving a crack regiment of Germany's finest footsoldiers in front of them. Above all the action stands the unbreakable and majestic Schloss Hartmanstein, a castle built into the formidable Siegfried Line – Germany's last line of defence against the invading Allies.

Published here for the first time, is Leo Kessler's final novel, pseudonym of the late Charles Whiting. It is a fitting end to his incredibly successful SS Wotan adventures. But like all books in this series, it can be read as a stand-alone novella.

Over three million Charles Whiting books have been sold worldwide.


Genre: Thriller