South By Java Head

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February 1942: Singapore lay burning and shattered defenseless before the conquering hordes of Japanese as the last boat slipped out of the harbor into the South China Sea. On board were a desperate group of people each with a secret to guard each willing to kill to keep that secret safe. Who or what was the dissolute Englishman Farnholme? The elegant Dutch planter Van Effen? The strangely beautiful Eurasian girl Gurdun? The slave trader Siran? The smiling and silent Nicholson who was never without his gun? Only one thing was certain: The rotting tramp steamer was a floating death trap carrying a cargo of human TNT.