Germany. 1940. Hitler has ordered his U-boats to starve Britain into submission, and Commander Kurt Reinhard has answered the call -- so successfully he is now known as the "Lion of the Atlantic." Only his son Karl suspects that his father's devotion to the regime is not what it should be. But can a boy raised by the Hitler Youth reconcile loyalty to the Führer with love for a father who longs to turn his back on war?
Miles Watson was born in Evanston, Illinois. The son of a prominent Chicago journalist, he took an early interest in writing and published his first short story at 17. He worked in Criminal Justice for ten years before moving to Los Angeles for a dozen more, where he worked on numerous television shows and half a dozen feature films. He is the author of four book series: CAGE LIFE, SINNER'S CROSS, THE CHRONICLES OF MAGNUS and SOMETHING EVIL as well as numerous novellas, which have won nearly 30 literary awards.