Death's Head

SS Wotan #2

by Leo Kessler

In this gripping adventure SS Assault Battalion Wotan, the toughest troops in Europe, are sent on an apparently impossible mission against the elite of the Soviet Army in a vital bid to prepare the way for Operation Barbarossa. Once again we meet the ruthless Major Geier, known as the "Vulture," whose sexual practices are a constant threat to his consuming ambition; here too is Captain von Dodenburg, the elegant aristocrat; and Sergeant Schulze, the wisecracking Hamburger who has smelt out the rottenness of National Socialism and views the war with unconcealed cynicism. Under the author's skillful pen their world comes vividly to life and the reader can feel the horror, and indeed the excitement, which was the lot of Assault Battalion Wotan on the road to Rostov.

Genres: War, Fiction

176 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Pseudonym for Charles Whiting

Reviews

[Scott Gardner · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is 50 years old now , but still tells the horrors of war very well

[C.A. A. Powell · Rating 4 out of 5]

High adrenalin - very vicious - war pulp story. I thought it was also very exciting. It is just pulp war fiction, however, so you need to be of such a mind to enjoy. I do like such things now and then for a bit of escapism. Though how many of us would want to escape into the nightmare world of the German/Soviet Eastern front does raise the odd eyebrow. A good read for the 'like minded' pulp war monger. I would recommend this if you like high octane war stories. This one never stops from beginning to end. A real hold on to the seat of your pants novel.