Desert combat for von Dodenburg in The Sand Panthers. SS Wotan embarks on a daring and dangerous mission during the Battle for El Alamein.

SS Wotan has been sent to join the Desert Rats, their apparent objective to wrest control of Alexandria away from the Allies. But Rommel doesn't want them! Instead, a thousand kilometres of desert lies before them, a blazing, barren, limitless hell. The only creatures an enemy lying in wait for them, silent and unseen.

This is the final book in Leo Kessler's major World War 2 fiction series, The Dogs of War. It can also be enjoyed on its own as a one-off read. Leo Kessler is the pseudonym for the late writer Charles Whiting. Over three million of his books have been sold worldwide.