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J. Lee Stilwell

    The Crate
    • 2003

      The Crate

      A Container of Death

      • 340 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      "Itwas a heartbreaking voyage for Sergeant Tom Walters on the SS Topeka, one ofhis crew killed, two seriously wounded and he suffering from the shrapnel ofthe U-boats cannon. Now he was leavingthe ship in a Royal Navy patrol boat to meet some unknown person on the shoreof a strange land.Helooked back at the Topeka only to see it blown from the water by the GermanAir force. Why?Standingatop the quay where they docked was the most beautiful person he had ever seen;Sarah was the unknown person he was to meet. She was a lieutenant with the British Naval intelligence. His log and the notes givenher by a dying US Navy Lieutenany mesh in strangeways so much so that the Prime Minister assigns them to a special mission.Penny,and extremely competent intelligence officer and a highly trained linguist,heads up the team. A bond ofprofessionalism between Tom and Sarah blossomed, she was his guardian angel andshe shared the trust.Thefruit of their labors at time was bitter, but they persisted. They would find and destroy the mysteriouscrate loaded in Chicago."

      The Crate