Join the exploits of Royal Navy Morse code specialist Ray Scott as he captures the post-war matelot's life in graphic detail.
There's much for a wide-eyed, naive teenager to discover in a Nissen hut packed with characters, conflicts and laughter.
Ray's colourful memory brings the 1950s navy alive, evoking a simpler, happy time of joy and unity in service, but always with the ever-present fear of the Korean War, raging on the other side of the world, becoming global.
Meet Soppet the troubled sleep talker, Patrolman Butcher and Beryl the beauty - among many others - as Ray learns about life and emerges a changed man ready to tackle a new era.
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Ray Scott was born in Kent in England and lived and worked for over 30 years in the Midlands near Birmingham. After National service in the Royal Navy he joined the insurance industry and was employed for many years in Birmingham and Wolverhampton. He and his wife Mary and their two boys immigrated to Australia in 1970 and have lived since then near Melbourne where he again joined the insurance industry, while Mary rejoined the nursing profession. Ray has been writing for many years. Other titles include: The Fifth Identity, Cut to the Chase (also a paperback), Double Dutch, Line of Dissent, Dangerous Trade-In and Doubt of the Benefit, all thrillers.