Book description
January 1944. Out in the wastes of the Indian Ocean, British ships are
sinking. The cause: a German armed raider, disguised to deceive unwary
merchantmen. In Williamstown, Australia, HMS Andromeda awaits transfer
to the Australian navy. After years together in bloody combat with the
Nazis, the cruiser's crew will disperse to fight in other ships, in
other seas. But a call to Andromeda's youthful captain, Richard Blake
VC, changes everything. He puts to sea immediately. His mission: to seek
out and destroy the raider. And in this conflict, one ship must die.
Douglas Reeman has written thirty-two novels under his own name; he has
also written tweny-three bestselling historical novels featuring Richard
Bolitho, under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.
