When the yacht Playmate is run down and her skipper taken prisoner aboard a mysterious vessel, young Gerald is drawn into a plot of treachery and piracy. Serving under Captain Brookes on the cruiser Olive Branch, he faces mine fields, a one-sided engagement, Patagonian captors, a crippled submarine and an ordeal for the whole Empire.
Fast naval adventure from one of Britain’s most prolific writers of sea stories for boys. Download the free EPUB.