The Last Paladin
A Novel
Reeks: P. T. Deutermann WWII Novels
P. T. Deutermann
- Winner
- of
- the
- 2023
- W.Y.
- Boyd
- Literary
- Award
- for
- Excellence
- in
- Military
- Fiction:
- A
- gripping
- tale
- of
- anti-submarine
- warfare
- in
- the
- World
- War
- II
- Pacific
- Theater,
- by
- a
- master
- of
- military
- adventure
- fiction.The
- Last
- Paladin
- by
- P.T.
- Deutermann
- is
- based
- on
- the
- true
- story
- of
- the
- USS
- Holland
- (DE-24),
- a
- World
- War
- II
- Atlantic
- Fleet
- destroyer
- escort
- which
- has
- spent
- the
- past
- two
- years
- in
- the
- unforgiving
- battle
- for
- survival
- against
- the
- German
- U-boats
- of
- the
- North
- Atlantic.Summoned
- to
- relieve
- destroyers
- that
- are
- bogged
- down
- by
- escort
- duty
- in
- the
- escalating
- Pacific
- Theater,
- the
- Holland
- is
- met
- with
- a
- rather
- cold
- reception.
- In
- the
- eyes
- of
- Pacific
- Fleet
- sailors,
- North
- Atlantic
- convoy
- duty
- pales
- in
- comparison
- to
- the
- bloody,
- carrier-sinking
- battles
- of
- Savo
- Island
- and
- Guadalcanal.
- However,
- Atlantic
- Fleet
- ships
- have
- had
- to
- specialize
- in
- one
- thing:
- anti-submarine
- warfare.The
- Holland
- is
- sent
- off
- into
- remote
- South
- Pacific
- operating
- areas
- with
- orders
- to
- find
- and
- destroy
- Japanese
- submarines—but
- with
- little
- expectation
- of
- success.
- Her
- commanders
- take
- the
- mission
- literally;
- using
- radio
- intercepts
- that
- are
- being
- ignored
- at
- higher
- levels,
- they
- determine
- that
- the
- Japanese
- have
- set
- up
- a
- 1000-mile-long
- picket
- line
- of
- six
- submarines,
- an
- entire
- squadron's
- worth,
- to
- act
- as
- a
- moveable
- barrier
- against
- the
- expected
- American
- advance
- into
- the
- next
- set
- of
- islands.
- These
- submarines
- are
- poised
- to
- sink
- every
- American
- aircraft
- carrier
- and
- destroyer
- and
- to
- change
- the
- course
- of
- the
- war.What
- happens
- next
- is
- one
- of
- the
- legendary
- stories
- of
- the
- US
- Navy.
- The
- Last
- Paladin
- is
- high
- stakes
- naval
- warfare
- at
- its
- best,
- told
- with
- utter
- authenticity
- and
- a
- former
- ship
- captain's
- understanding
- of
- dramatic,
- intense
- combat.
- P.
- T.
- Deutermann
- continues
- his
- acclaimed
- series
- of
- WWII
- thrillers
- in
- this
- unforgettable novel.
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