Blurb

Before the Lend-Lease Bill went through Congress in 1941 Britain was virtually on her knees through bankruptcy. In December 1940 top German economists discovered that Britain's last remaining gold reserves were in South Africa: if they could prevent this gold reaching London, the British would be forced to sue for peace.
Captain Robert Gerrard, well known throughout the world's whaling ports for his uncanny ability to hunt the blue whale, and a hand-picked crew are instructed by the Foreign Office official in Cape Town to carry the South African gold to England in conditions of the utmost secrecy. Gerrard's whaling factory ship, the Tulsar, is hurriedly converted and armed to carry the disguised bullion and, masquerading as a passenger vessel bound for America, steams out of Durban. That same day a `ghost' U-boat, hurriedly prepared with the newest devices and a crack crew, slips her mooring in the Baltic with instructions to capture the Tulsar. U-33o's commander is Kurt Milland, Gerrard's first officer on the Tulsar before the war; in 1933 Gerrard saved Milland's life during a whaling accident and the two men are old friends. Milland was picked by German Naval High Command as the one man who could predict every move Gerrard would make - and outwit him.
On their common hunting ground, it is inevitable that Milland will track down Gerrard and that, unknown to all but a handful of people, a duel to the death will be fought in the lonely wastes of the Atlantic.DW Illustration by General Illustration Company.

Author

James Follett was born in 1939 and trained as a marine engineer. He spent two years experimenting with new types of under-water diving equipment, hunting for sunken treasure and filming sharks. He turned to writing defence systems publications for the armed services, and later received encouragement from the BBC to write suspense and documentary scripts. Now a regular contributor to the BBC and independent television companies, he lives in a Surrey village with his wife and two children.
James Follett is the author of The Doomsday Ultimatum, Crown Court, Ice and U-700.

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