Hamlyn, London, 1985, reprint.  ISBN 0-09-940990-9.  MMPB, 312 pages. Former library book.  Wraps have some edge wear, corner and reading creases; sticker on rear wrap; prior owner’s initials in marker on top page block, ink mark on bottom; binding sound.  White tape strip on verso of front wrap, library stamp and ink mark on blurb page; remainder of interior clean and unmarked with lightly tanning pages.  ‘January 1942.  The Japanese army is at the gates of Singapore … and Robert Ross, captain of a cargo ship, is ordered to evacuate some officials from the island.  He also takes on board two Australian soldiers, a journalist, a woman missionary – and a child.  Then starts a desperate game of hide-and-seek with the Japanese navy, across the Pacific – till the ship’s fuel and luck run out north of New Guinea.  An uninhabited island promises a last-chance refuge.  But, close by, the enemy is watching … and a private hell begins.’  (from rear wrap)