{"product_id":"baptism-of-blood-leo-kessler-9780854955893","title":"Baptism of Blood: Moscow is under siege...","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn action-packed Second World War thriller series! Perfect for fans of David Beaty, Alan Evans, Derek Robinson and Max Hennessy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Soviets are becoming desperate...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e1941\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOutside Moscow a desperate defensive operation is being fought to hold back the advancing German army. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoth sides are suffering heavy losses in the vicious conflict and the Red Army are in desperate need of reinforcements. There are no fresh troops, until Beria, Stalin's hated Chief of the NKVD comes up with a cunning plan ... to empty the labour camps. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDisgraced former general, Colonel Pavlovich Katukov is given the unenviable task of taking the emaciated 'Gulag Rats', locked up for heinous crimes, and turning them into elite soldiers ready to fight to the death for the Soviet Motherland. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePunishment Battalion 333 is born and faces its Baptism of Blood at Kasnaya, where the Germans are plotting their assault across the frozen Volga. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCan Katukov trust his makeshift battalion not to flee? Will the Red Army's rogues see victory? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOr will they pray for a return to the gulags...? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eBAPTISM OF BLOOD is the first action-packed historical military adventure novel in the Punishment Battalion Thriller series, following the fortunes of renegade Soviet soldiers fighting in the Second World War.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE PUNISHMENT BATTALION THRILLER SERIES: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK 1: Baptism of Blood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 2: Cossack Attack\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 3: The Steppe Wolves\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 4: The Gulag Rats\u003cbr\u003eBOOK 5: Blood on the Baltic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Kessler,K. N. Kostov,Charles Whiting\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0854955895\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780854955893\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sapere Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.50d","brand":"Leo Kessler","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48089350144255,"sku":"9780854955893","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2d6397f-13b9-416f-8f58-4c6473e1c9e9.jpg?v=1769109708","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/baptism-of-blood-leo-kessler-9780854955893","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}