Book description
The mine is an impartial killer, and a lethal challenge to any
volunteer in the Special Countermeasures of the Royal Navy during the
naval battles of the Second World War. They are brave, lonely men with
something to prove or nothing left to lose. Lieutenant-Commander David
Masters, haunted by a split second glimpse of the mine that destroyed
his first and only command, H. M. Submarine Tornado, now defuses 'the
beast' on land and teaches the same deadly science to others who too
often die in the attempt. Lieutenant Chris Foley, minelaying off an
enemy coast in ML366, rolls on an uneasy sea with a release bracket
sheared and a lie mine jammed, and hears the menacing growl of
approaching E-boats. And Sub-Lieutenant Michael Lincoln, hailed as a
hero, dreads exposure as a coward even more than the unexpected
booby-trap, or the gentle whirr of the activated fuse marking the last
twelve seconds of his life.
This thrilling book from the master storyteller of the sea
transports readers back to the terrifying life of the British seamen
of the Royal Navy during World War Two.
Douglas Reeman
was sixteen years old when World War Two broke out. He immediately
joined the Royal Navy and did convoy duty in the Atlantic, the Arctic,
and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name
and more than twenty bestselling historical novels featuring Richard
Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.
