Piotr and Ginger resort to extremely harsh disciplinary measures, determined to bring their crewmates under control-but there turns out to be more to Ginger than meets the eye. Kraft and Stadler, suddenly bereft of their Panzer, find themselves on foot deep behind enemy lines-leaving them only one drastic means of escape. And all the while, the fiery maelstrom of Kursk threatens to consume them all . . .