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HEROES WITHOUT HONOUR an explosive action packed military thriller adventure novel
1939. Poland.
Brothers Max and Kurt Eckhardt both find themselves on the front lines as Germany invades Poland.
They don't realise that this pursuit of lebensraum will shatter the fragile peace in Europe and lead to years of bitter battles.
Max, the elder brother, is a highly disciplined SS officer, entirely dedicated to Hitler’s vision for Germany.
His lonely upbringing in Berlin with his stern father, indignant at Europe’s treatment of Germany after the First World War, has left Max eager to avenge his father and his Fatherland. It has been drummed into him that he must obey orders at all cost and that Germany’s enemies must be dealt with by whatever means necessary...
Kurt, brought up with love and affection on his aunt’s farm, just wants the war to be over so that he can get back to his fiancée and his farm.
Unlike Max, Kurt feels nothing but revulsion for the carnage and suffering of war.
Confused and wearied by his life as a tank commander, Kurt becomes increasingly disillusioned with his part in the Third Reich’s progress.
Thrown together by war after many years apart, the brothers’ clashing personalities lead them down different paths, as Europe is drawn into a bloody and merciless conflict...
'Heroes Without Honour' is a gripping story of the devestating impact of total war.
'A classic wartime adventure.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'Trade Off.'
Alan David is a pseudonym of Donald S Rowland, a prolific writer of over 500 novels in various genres. His other titles include ‘Stalingrad Heroes’, ‘Heroes without Honour’, ‘Heroes in Normandy’, ‘The Battle Done’ and ‘Heroes at Cassino’.
Brothers Max and Kurt Eckhardt both find themselves on the front lines as Germany invades Poland.
They don't realise that this pursuit of lebensraum will shatter the fragile peace in Europe and lead to years of bitter battles.
Max, the elder brother, is a highly disciplined SS officer, entirely dedicated to Hitler’s vision for Germany.
His lonely upbringing in Berlin with his stern father, indignant at Europe’s treatment of Germany after the First World War, has left Max eager to avenge his father and his Fatherland. It has been drummed into him that he must obey orders at all cost and that Germany’s enemies must be dealt with by whatever means necessary...
Kurt, brought up with love and affection on his aunt’s farm, just wants the war to be over so that he can get back to his fiancée and his farm.
Unlike Max, Kurt feels nothing but revulsion for the carnage and suffering of war.
Confused and wearied by his life as a tank commander, Kurt becomes increasingly disillusioned with his part in the Third Reich’s progress.
Thrown together by war after many years apart, the brothers’ clashing personalities lead them down different paths, as Europe is drawn into a bloody and merciless conflict...
'Heroes Without Honour' is a gripping story of the devestating impact of total war.
'A classic wartime adventure.' - Tom Kasey, best-selling author of 'Trade Off.'
Alan David is a pseudonym of Donald S Rowland, a prolific writer of over 500 novels in various genres. His other titles include ‘Stalingrad Heroes’, ‘Heroes without Honour’, ‘Heroes in Normandy’, ‘The Battle Done’ and ‘Heroes at Cassino’.
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September 15, 2025
A rather boring story of two brothers.. One a fanatical Nazi Officer in the SS, the other a Sergeant in the Panzer Corps. It tells of their actions in the invasion of Poland, and then Belgium and France.
There's lots of the Nazi wanting to fight the French and British, and lots of the tanker wanting the war to end so he can go home to farm cows.
Apart from 2 or three other characters per brother, there is no character development, and no real sense of danger to either of them, even while loads of others are dying.
Naturally, the Nazi commits war crimes quite happily, and even executes a fellow officer who refuses to do the same thing.
I'm not sure I'm going to read the next in the series.
There's lots of the Nazi wanting to fight the French and British, and lots of the tanker wanting the war to end so he can go home to farm cows.
Apart from 2 or three other characters per brother, there is no character development, and no real sense of danger to either of them, even while loads of others are dying.
Naturally, the Nazi commits war crimes quite happily, and even executes a fellow officer who refuses to do the same thing.
I'm not sure I'm going to read the next in the series.
November 20, 2023
really lament
I read to the end but don’t recommend this book. First half is an imaginary account of the conquest of Poland. Two brothers one a stereotyped NAZI the other a mild mannered ordinary man.
I read to the end but don’t recommend this book. First half is an imaginary account of the conquest of Poland. Two brothers one a stereotyped NAZI the other a mild mannered ordinary man.
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