{"product_id":"the-good-shepherd-9780143134121","title":"The Good Shepherd","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture \u003ci\u003eGreyhound\u003c\/i\u003e on AppleTV+\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e a WWII naval thriller of \"high and glittering excitement\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e) from the author of the legendary Hornblower series\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is to protect a convoy of thirty-seven merchant ships making their way across the icy North Atlantic from America to England. There, they will deliver desperately needed supplies, but only if they can make it through the wolfpack of German submarines that awaits and outnumbers them in the perilous seas. For forty eight hours, Krause will play a desperate cat and mouse game against the submarines, combating exhaustion, hunger, and thirst to protect fifty million dollars' worth of cargo and the lives of three thousand men. Acclaimed as one of the best novels of the year upon publication in 1955, \u003ci\u003eThe Good Shepherd\u003c\/i\u003e is a riveting classic of WWII and naval warfare from one of the 20th century's masters of sea stories.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eC. S. Forester \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Cairo in 1899. After studying medicine, he rose to fame with tales of naval warfare. On the outbreak of World War II he worked for the British Ministry of Information in America writing propaganda. His most notable works were the twelve Horatio Hornblower books, depicting a Royal Navy officer during the Napoleonic era, and \u003ci\u003eThe African Queen\u003c\/i\u003e. His novels \u003ci\u003eA Ship of the Line\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlying Colours\u003c\/i\u003e were jointly awarded the 1938 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. He died in 1966.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618406371602,"sku":"9780143134121","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_104141d8-59df-4f5e-af50-2f7e0de8135c.jpg?v=1732534980","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-good-shepherd-9780143134121","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}