Synopses & Reviews
Royal Navy Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde is assigned a second in command of the heavy cruiser Viceroy and ordered to a volcanic island that has recently surfaced in the north Pacific. The Admiralty hopes to claim the island for the Crown and establish an outpost there, but the hostile Russians have other ideas and the wily Japanese are prepared to carry out their own agenda.
Review
"Halfhyde is a fine hero, insubordinate and ingenious." —The New York Times
Review
"Riveting and authoritative with flashes of dry humor and bawdiness to lighten the strain." —Savannah News
About the Author
Philip McCutchan served on various British war ships during WWII. Afterwards, he concentrated on writing, publishing more than 80 books, including the fifteen-book Halfhyde series.