High Command

Captain Bentley

by J.E. Macdonnell

Silenced night.

A few minutes earlier the Mediterranean night west of Malta had been streaked and sleshed with fire, lanced with the swinging swords of searchlights, opened up like a brilliant burst of lightning as a ship's magazine or cargo of high-octane petrol had been blown into abrupt incandescence by an E-boat's torpedo.

Now the night was dark and quiet.

But soon it would erupt again, with light and sound and the swift fiery streaks of arriving death...

A new, incredible adventure which brings Peter Bentley and Wind Rode into the most harrowing and complicated battle of their careers, and introduces many new and unforgettable characters fighting side-by-side in Britain's battle to win the Mediterranean.

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1968

About the author

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.