Subtitled: How Danny Rook ran into an old shipmate, got properly Shanghai-ed, continued to feel expendable – and finally quit.
"Argentina has just invaded the Falkland Islands and Danny Rook is trawling through hundreds of half-crazy letters sent to the MoD by members of the British public, wanting to help. But one letter stands out as not so barmy. It suggests the Junta could employ chemical warfare, based on leftover stocks from a secret Nazi wartime operation… And the story stacks up pretty well. What’s worse – it could prove to be a big embarrassment for Britain. A few days later, Danny’s boss asks him to interrogate an Argentinian prisoner at Ascension Island – “There is nobody else!” But it’s a ruse to get him aboard the Task Force. Once again, it’s time for Danny Rook, unlikely crusader, to put his objections to one side and follow his nose…"