Halfhyde on Zanatu

"An exciting and satisfactory sea story" PUBLISHERS WEEKLY After kicking up his heels while the old SEAHORSE undergoes a refit, Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde RN accepts an opportunity to join a squadron in the Far East ordered to quash a rebellion on the Polynesian island of Zanatu. With violent typhoons and the treacherous reefs surrounding Zanatu barely negotiated, Halfhyde finds the islanders are armed with British weapons. A search of the island fails to reveal anything except - to Halfhyde's astonishment - his old commanding officer, the irascible Captain Watkiss. To make matters worse, Halfhyde's long standing enemy Prince Gorsinski and his battleships, with their heavy Russian guns, are in the vicinity.