Landfall

Authors: Shute, Nevil
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
BISAC/Subject: FIC019000
ISBN: 9780307474070, Related ISBNs: 0099530058, 0307474070, 0345226615, 0434699071, 9780099530053
Classification: Fiction
Number of pages: 300,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis:

When Jerry Chambers, a young coastal patrol pilot during World War II, is accused of mistakenly sinking a British submarine he is reprimanded and sent to a remote posting to test an experimental new bomb, a dangerous mission far away from the woman he loves. While Jerry risks his life, his sweetheart Mona sets about trying to clear her lover's name before it is too late.

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