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The Crimea was one of the crucibles of the war on the Eastern Front, where first a Soviet and then a German army were surrounded, fought desperate battles, and were eventually destroyed. The fighting in the region was unusual for the Eastern Front in many ways, in that naval supply, amphibious landings, and naval evacuation played major roles, while both sides were also conducting ethnic cleansing as part of their strategy - the Germans eliminating the Jews and the Soviets purging the region of Tartars.

Iron Cross – Never Surrender! The thrilling first entry in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! November 1942: Adolf Hitler dies unexpectedly in a plane crash. With the Nazi Party dismantled, Germany’s military takes full control. But with the war turning against them, the German High Command has only one goal: Victory at all costs through their tactical knowledge! As the Allies prepare their invasion and Soviet forces gain ground, Germany’s panzer divisions launch a desperate, all-or-nothing gamble to crush the Red Army at Kursk… Tom Zola, a former German Army sergeant,...

In October 1913, 261 miners and two rescuers died when a massive explosion ripped through a mine operated by Phelps, Dodge & Company in Dawson, New Mexico. Ten years later, a second blast claimed the lives of another 120 miners. Today, Dawson is a deserted ghost town. All that remains is a sea of white iron crosses memorializing the nearly four hundred miners killed in the two explosions-a death toll unmatched by mine disasters in any other town in America.

Iron Cross – Defensive Battle at Vitebsk!The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Winter 1944. The Red Army pushes relentlessly westward. At Vitebsk, the Brandenburg commandos of 2nd Company are cut off and undersupplied, facing waves of Soviet armor. In snowbound forests and shattered villages, every hour becomes a brutal struggle for survival. Their only choice: fight to the last round—or be annihilated. Tom Zola, a former German Army sergeant, delivers a gritty and action-packed alternate history of World War II. This newly revised edition of the PANZERS ...

When Vatican archaeologist Marcus Russo uncovers the fabled Nazi Gold Train buried deep within the Owl Mountains of Poland, he expects to find a forgotten trove of looted treasures. Instead, he unearths a chilling codex that points to a dark and dangerous legacy: Operation Eisenkreuz, a Nazi plan to seed chaos and power across the globe long after their fall. But Marcus soon realizes the train’s secrets are only the beginning.

Iron Cross – Global Conflict! The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Summer 1943: With Hitler gone and the German High Command in control, the Reich fights for survival. As Kursk burns, the Soviet counteroffensive threatens to cut deep into German lines. In Oryol, desperate Wehrmacht units brace for a brutal siege, while elite panzer divisions race to prevent disaster in the south. With dwindling resources and an overwhelming enemy, can Germany still turn the tide? Or will the Red Army’s relentless advance seal the fate of the Eastern Front? Tom Zola, a ...

Richard Freiherr von Rosen was a highly decorated Wehrmacht soldier and outstanding panzer commander. After serving as a gunlayer on a Pz.Mk.III during Barbarossa, he led a company of Tigers at Kursk. Later he led a company of King Tiger panzers at Normandy and in late 1944 commanded a battle group (12 King Tigers and a flak company) against the Russians in Hungary in the rank of junior, later senior lieutenant (from November 1944, his final rank). Only 489 of these King Tiger tanks were ever built. 

Iron Cross – Himmler's Greatest Hour!The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Summer 1944. Germany stands at the brink. As the Allies tighten their grip in the West, the Eastern Front teeters, and within the Reich, dark forces stir. Lieutenant Engelmann’s Tiger tanks rumble toward new battlefields—yet old ghosts haunt every mile. In Berlin, Chancellor von Witzleben faces betrayal from within. And deep behind enemy lines, a covert mission could turn the tide—or doom the Fatherland forever. Tom Zola, a former German Army sergeant, delivers a gritty and ...

Iron Cross – D-Day!The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Summer 1944. As Allied forces prepare to storm the beaches of Normandy, Lieutenant Engelmann and his men brace for the battle of their lives. With hastily rebuilt tanks and green recruits, the 9th Company must face an overwhelming enemy. Torn between duty, doubt, and survival, they soon realize that the true war isn’t just fought with bullets—but within themselves. Will their brotherhood be enough to withstand the onslaught? Tom Zola, a former German Army sergeant, delivers a gritty and action-...

Iron Cross – Operation Sea Lion! The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! November 1945: As the exhausted Reich tightens its grip on Europe, Chancellor Erwin von Witzleben gambles everything on Operation Konstanz—an audacious Sea Lion reborn—while generals warn that one more campaign could shatter what little stability remains. Across shifting fronts and viewpoints, a tank commander discovers betrayal at home, German commandos probe England’s coast under cover of darkness, and US Marine Tom Roebuck is thrown into a bleak, bomb-rattled Britain where ...

Iron Cross – Rocket War!The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Summer 1944. While Berlin descends into paranoia and Chancellor von Witzleben tightens his grip on power, chaos erupts in the Balkans. British troops have landed in Yugoslavia, and the Axis front teeters under the pressure of partisan warfare and Allied air superiority. Lieutenant Engelmann and his new Tiger C tanks are deployed into a lawless battlefield where Croats, Serbs, Italians, and British forces clash in a brutal struggle. Behind every rock could be an ambush. In Berlin, high-ranking ...

Iron Cross – The Bomb! The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! February 1945. The Eastern Front is frozen in mud and blood, and Germany’s fate hangs by a thread. While Colonel General Zeitzler plots a desperate strike with the help of Stalin’s own betrayer, soldiers at the front fight their own battles – against the Soviets, against hunger and cold, and against the gnawing despair of a war that seems endless. In the chaos of intrigue, shifting loyalties, and brutal combat, a single spark could change the course of history – or ignite the final ...

After overcoming a potentially career-ending concussion, Tyler Vanek, Dartmouth Cobras' first line forward, couldn't be happier with his life. Until his boyhood hero worship for Raif Zovko, a newly acquired player, develops into more. His mistress, "Chicklet", encourages him to explore his feelings, and with her enjoyment of toying with the powerful Dom, Tyler figures it might be fun.

American journalist Paul Schaffer is forced to continue his service in the Sonderbattalion Dirlewanger, the partisan hunters whose reputation for brutal cruelty in occupied Russia is too much even for the Waffen-SS. Yet the battalion sinks to a new low. Returning from Russia to Poland they are pressed into service to fight in the hell of the Warsaw Ghetto. The SS and the Red Army are not the only dangers he has to confront. Schaffer becomes acquainted with a Catholic priest, a Jesuit. He seems to be a genuine and compassionate patriot, but gradually a new picture emerges of the man. ...

Iron Cross – The Battle of Normandy!The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! Summer 1944. As the Allies unleash their might on the shores of Normandy, Lieutenant Engelmann leads the battered 9th Company into the firestorm. Outgunned and outnumbered, with salvaged tanks and exhausted crews, they face an enemy unlike any before. Trapped between relentless bombardment and impossible orders, each man must confront not only the enemy — but himself. Will loyalty and courage be enough when survival becomes the only mission? Tom Zola, a former German Army sergeant, ...

Dive deep into the shadowy underworld of this riveting historical drama, where the specter of the Iron Cross looms large. In Shadows of the Iron Cross, the storyteller skillfully weaves together the grim facts of WWII with the complex underground chess games of the Cold War era, taking the reader on an unforgettable trip. Erich Schneider, our former SS captain protagonist, is a guy who has twirled with death. His narrative begins with a daring escape from a British prison camp in Italy, and from there he embarks on a perilous voyage of survival, always on the verge of catastrophe. But ...

Iron Cross – Turning Point The war ends here—in the explosive final installment of Tom Zola’s alternate-history saga. Spring 1946: Operation Konstanz has smashed into Britain—and now threatens to collapse under the weight of its own brutality. London is ringed in steel and fire, Britain’s last reserves are fed into the grinder, and the skies belong to whoever can fly one more sortie. Yet the decisive struggle isn’t only at the front: inside the Reich, purges spread, resistance strikes at the highest levels, and loyalty becomes a liability as soldiers are ordered to crush their ...

Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher series is a global phenomenon with over thirty million copies sold and translated into over forty languages worldwide. Crossroads of Ravens is a new standalone novel following fantasy's most beloved monster hunter, Geralt of Rivia, on his first steps towards becoming...

World War II Lieutenant Karl Hagan earned his wings the hard way. But when his plane is shot down behind enemy lines, he’s forced to make the hardest decision of his life: trusting the enemy. Oberleutnant Wilhelm Albrecht wore his Iron Cross with pride. But when his U-boat is attacked in an air raid, he abandons ship and finds an unlikely ally: the pilot who bombed him. From the smoke-filled skies over Europe to the fire-blasted waters of a Nazi naval base to the battle-scarred German countryside, the American and the German must form an uneasy truce if they hope to survive.

Iron Cross – Total War! The war escalates in Tom Zola’s explosive alternate history series! August 1945: The German Reich has crushed the Soviet Union, yet now faces annihilation under the shadow of the atomic bomb. As Bremen lies in radioactive ruins and German “Hellhound” rockets turn London into a firestorm, tank officer Engelmann fights on in Tula, consumed by grief and hatred, while ex-Wehrmacht soldier Berning, now in the Red Army, hunts his former tormentor through the chaos of a Russian civil war. Between mad leaders, secret super-weapons, and crumbling alliances, the fate ...