Book description
Jerry Chambers, a fresh-faced young pilot, mistakenly sinks a British
submarine. He is reprimanded and sent to a remote posting to test an
experimental new bomb, a dangerous mission far away from the girl he
loves. While Jerry risks his life, his sweetheart Mona sets about
clearing her lover's name...but will she be too late? Nevil Shute
Norway was born on 17 January 1899 in Ealing, London. After attending
the Dragon School and Shrewsbury School, he studied Engineering Science
at Balliol College, Oxford. He worked as an aeronautical engineer and
published his first novel,
Marazan,
in 1926. In 1931 he married Frances Mary Heaton and they went on to
have two daughters. During the Second World War he joined the Royal Navy
Volunteer Reserve where he worked on developing secret weapons. After
the war he continued to write and settled in Australia where he lived
until his death on 12 January 1960. His most celebrated novels include
Pied Piper
(1942), No Highway
(1948), A Town Like Alice
(1950) and On the Beach
(1957).
