The Wake of the Gertrud Lüth (The Luck of the Lonely Sea - US). THE SKIPPER, he knew the China Sea, Hong Kong, Formosa, the whole smuggler’s route along the Yangtze, as few men did. But his ship was a freighter that had weathered too many typhoons. Suddenly he faced a challenge more dramatic than any in his adventurous career – tonight the storm-racked sea and enemy gunfire to save the lives of two desperate people …

Sinister SS killer Ernest Wohldorf received his orders direct from Martin Bormann himself. The Allies were closing in, the Third Reich was doomed. Shipment 11372 was to reach South America no matter what... Set against the chilling splendour of the raging Atlantic, "the Wohldorf Shipment" traces the long perilous voyage of Submarine U501 and her cargo, the growing rivalry and personal vendettas amongst those on board, culminating in a blazing and unexpected climax.

James Varne is a very ordinary sailor without any kind of pretence; a frequenter of the red-light districts and drinking dens of Colombo, Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan. Varne gets caught up in the Korean War and there is a first rate account of action during the battle at Pearl River. But the main part of the story concerns his involvement with a refugee girl from Communist China and in illegal gold-running. Very frank, tongue-in-the-cheek and persuasive, The Red Sailor captures the real spirit of the Royal Navy below decks. Patrick O'Hara was at Borstal and in the Royal Navy.

May 1949. In Shanghai the rich and influential of Old China wait anxiously for an opportunity to escape Mao's advancing Com­munist forces .. To Shanghai comes Henry Wan who has stolen two tons of gold bullion from his bank and wants it retrieved from its hiding place up the Yangtze River. With him are his wife and bodyguard, whose plans for the gold differ greatly from his own. Unknown to them all, others have discovered the gold's existence, and will stop at nothing to secure it .. But only one man - 'Mad' Harry Lord, owner of the powerful motor launch JACARANDA - has the cunning and the sheer nerve to snatch the bullion from under the noses of both Com­munist and Nationalist forces- by way of the notorious 'Yangtze Run! ... Climaxing in a desperate chase down the Yangtze Kiang to the sea, THE YANGTZE RUN is a taut and exciting adventure in the tradition of Alistair MacLean and Desmond Bagley.