In the lead up to Operation Oboe 6 (The Brunei landings, 10 June 1945) a botched attempt to sink a Japanese submarine by ramming leads to a wild boarding action and the loss of the captain overboard. Captured by another Japanese submarine, can he keep quiet long enough for the landings to take place?
During his fourteen years in the R.A.N., Queensland born James (Jim) Edmond MacDonnell (aka James McNell, James Dark, James Edmond Macdonnell, James Macdonnell, J.E.M., Jim Macdonnell, J. Macdonnell, Macnell, Kerry Mitchell, Michael Owen.) came up through all lowerdeck ranks to commissioned gunnery-officer. This experience is evident in his sea novels which have been published in many countries overseas, as well as in Australia and New Zealand.