DOUGLAS REEMAN - Surface with Daring

London, England, Hutchinson & Co, 1976. First Edition, Binding: Cloth, Fine/Very Good./fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 0091276306 Hardback It takes a special sort of courage to serve in midget submarines, and Lieutenant David Seaton, commanding officer of XE16, needs no reminding of the perils involved. Already at 26 a seasoned veteran of several highly successful operations, he, like many of his companions, has come to believe that each one could have been his last. The little X-craft with their four-man crews have been used mainly against heavy enemy surface units and important harbour installations, but in 1944, with the Allies poised for an invasion through France, a new and more hazardous role is given to Seaton's flotilla. Intelligence sources have discovered that the enemy is working all-out on a secret and devastating weapon, and the X-craft are ordered to destory it. To Seaton and his companions it brings the war much closer that the periscope's impartial eye and as they endure the icy darkness of Norwegian fjords, or battle their way into Europe, they also have to contend with conflict among themselves.