Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the Pacific.
Action thriller by the classic adventure writer set in the Pacific.
When Mark Trevelyan dies on a journey to a remote Pacific atoll, the verdict that it was natural causes doesnt convince his brother, Mike. The series of violent attacks that follows only adds to his suspicions. Just two clues a notebook in code and a lump of rock are enough to trigger off a hazardous expedition, and a violent confrontation far from civilization
The detail is immaculately researched the action has the skill to grab your heart or your bowels. Daily Mirror
Desmond Bagley was a multi-million-copy selling author of 16 adventure thrillers, all still in print. Moving to South Africa after WW2, his transition from unskilled printers apprentice, aircraft engineer, mine worker, nightclub photographer and radio scriptwriter to one of the worlds most respected thriller writers is legendary, described by The Times as a craftsmanlike thriller novelist. Returning to the UK in the 1960s, he lived with his wife Joan in Devon and then on Guernsey, where a blue plaque was unveiled in his honour in 2018.