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'World War III is looming...
Harry has been trying to "get away from it all" for a long time, so he goes sailing to nearby islands with his friend Toby Bowen. They pass a University expedition searching for the wreck of HMAS "Darwin" which vanished in World War II. They meet a mutual friend, Monty, and a pair of beautiful women board Monty's launch, and head for the Hesperides, a group of outlying rocky islands, barren and very seldom visited.
But a curious incident occurs that catapults them out of their idyllic setting and slaps them bang into the middle of a potential real world catastrophe.
On the way to the Hesperides they pass an old minesweeper, the Waroona, due to be "hulked." Diving the reefs, Harry finds a naval gun in shallow water but does not tell the others because he is not sure what it signifies.
Soon it becomes clear that they have stumbled upon a plot by terrorist-supporting groups that will forever damage relations between Britain, America and Australia, unless Harry and his friends can prevent it. But can the momentum of WW3 be averted?' (Publisher's blurb)
Harry has been trying to "get away from it all" for a long time, so he goes sailing to nearby islands with his friend Toby Bowen. They pass a University expedition searching for the wreck of HMAS "Darwin" which vanished in World War II. They meet a mutual friend, Monty, and a pair of beautiful women board Monty's launch, and head for the Hesperides, a group of outlying rocky islands, barren and very seldom visited.
But a curious incident occurs that catapults them out of their idyllic setting and slaps them bang into the middle of a potential real world catastrophe.
On the way to the Hesperides they pass an old minesweeper, the Waroona, due to be "hulked." Diving the reefs, Harry finds a naval gun in shallow water but does not tell the others because he is not sure what it signifies.
Soon it becomes clear that they have stumbled upon a plot by terrorist-supporting groups that will forever damage relations between Britain, America and Australia, unless Harry and his friends can prevent it. But can the momentum of WW3 be averted?' (Publisher's blurb)
Notes
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Dedication:
Dedicated to
The memory of Professor Leslie R Marchant
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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With Patriotic Resolve
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 55 no. 11 2011; (p. 126)
— Review of Counterstrike 2011 single work novel
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With Patriotic Resolve
2011
single work
review
— Appears in: Quadrant , November vol. 55 no. 11 2011; (p. 126)
— Review of Counterstrike 2011 single work novel
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