Time and Tide

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Here is an epic of World War II --- the story of men and passion, of great love and tragic loss, and of two proud military families caught in a crucible of honor and betrayal...Captain Arthur McKay - Given command of the USS Jefferson City after its desertion at the Battle of Savo --- the worst naval defeat in United States history --- he must choose between loyalty to his best friend, the disgraced Captain Winfield Kemble, and his own duty as an officer. McKay is torn as well betwen his wife, Rita McKay - who once loved Kemble and now longs to see him destroyed - and Lucy Kemble, Rita's sister and Kemble's wife, who is the secret rule of his tormented soul.From the Solomon Islands to the Aleutians, from liberty ports in Australia to the deadly skies over Okinawa, 'Time and Tide' is a spellbinding wartime voyage into the darkest hours of our century... a masterwork of action and human drama.