1942, and the Royal Navy finds itself threatened by a powerful new adversary. Thinly stretched across half the world's oceans, the Admiralty turns to the little ships of Coastal Command. In answer to the call, Lt-Cdr Richard Thorburn, maverick skipper of the small destroyer H.M.S. Brackendale, steps forward to fill the breech. In a time of desperate need, he will once more do battle in the turbulent waves of war.
