{"product_id":"the-white-death-gary-mitchell-9798251202595","title":"The White Death: Simo Häyhä - The World's Deadliest Sniper and the 100 Days That Held Finland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA man in white. A rifle with iron sights. A forest so cold it can kill you without a shot.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Winter War of 1939-40, Finland faced an invasion by a vastly larger Soviet force-and held on by turning the landscape itself into a weapon. On the Kollaa front, where daylight is brief and the temperature can break metal and men, one small Finnish soldier became a problem the Red Army could not solve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis name was \u003cb\u003eSimo Häyhä\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLater, he would be called \u003cb\u003e\"The White Death\"\u003c\/b\u003e-and widely regarded as the \u003cb\u003eworld's deadliest sniper\u003c\/b\u003e. But this is not a legend-polishing retelling. It's the war as it \u003ci\u003efelt\u003c\/i\u003e: breath controlled to avoid a visible plume, snow packed to swallow muzzle blast, minutes of stillness that become hours, and a constant, unglamorous discipline that keeps a man alive long enough to be effective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe White Death\u003c\/b\u003e follows Häyhä through the most intense stretch of the Winter War-the \u003cb\u003ehundred days\u003c\/b\u003e when Finland's line at Kollaa refused to collapse. It tracks the evolution of a battlefield where invisibility is survival; where counter-snipers, artillery, and probability hunt the hunter; and where every shot has consequences far beyond a single target.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTold with a tight thriller spine and a historian's restraint, this is a story about \u003cb\u003eskill without myth\u003c\/b\u003e, courage without theatre, and the brutal arithmetic of a small nation buying time-day after frozen day-until peace arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you liked \u003cb\u003eBen Macintyre's\u003c\/b\u003e pace and clarity, but want frontline immediacy grounded in real constraints-cold, terrain, logistics, and the limits of certainty-this is the definitive, readable account of the soldier behind the name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE WHITE DEATH\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSimo Häyhä - The World's Deadliest Sniper and the 100 Days That Held Finland\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGary Mitchell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gary Mitchell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798251202595\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 300\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.89lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d","brand":"Gary Mitchell","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49097551642879,"sku":"9798251202595","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-white-death-gary-mitchell-9798251202595","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}