All the Drowning Seas

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February 1942: as Japanese invaders sweep across the Pacific, a handful of British, American, Australian and Dutch ships prepare for a last-ditch battle in defense of Java. The Allied force is doomed to defeat as escape routes south and west are blocked. Nick Everard, commanding the cruiser Defiant, is badly wounded and his ship heavily damaged. He also has a surviving US destroyer under his wing. Two ships companies, face destruction he can find some way out of the trap...