Crescendo of Doom
With the fate of Ivan Volkov seemingly
within his
grasp, Karpov makes a fateful decision concerning the back stairway at
Ilanskiy. It will lead him to a titanic duel with his arch rival, and
the fate of this strangely altered
world now
waits on the outcome.
Meanwhile, reinforced and resupplied,
Rommel begins his second big offensive, this time aimed at the vital
fortress port of Tobruk. With the Germans
threatening
to break through, General O’Conner launches a counterattack with his
newly rebuilt 7th Armored Division, and the Desert Rats again summon
their allies from a distant
future to
the call to arms.
As the battle begins, Admiral Tovey learns that the powerful German battlegroup led by Lutjens on the Hindenburg is again at sea, only this time heading in a most unexpected direction. Now Volsky and Tovey conceive a daring plan that will begin one of the greatest naval chases in history. But Elena Fairchild soon realizes just why her ship has been pulled into the fires of WWII, and is determined to fulfill her charge as Watchstander G1. The revelation she makes casts the shadow of impending doom over the world, and adds an urgent edge to Tovey's quest.
The fires of war rage from the Western Desert
to the lonesome wilderness of Siberia, as the action rises to a
deafening crescendo of doom on the eve of
the greatest
military operation ever conceived—Barbarossa.
