The story of the sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer, stranded upon a rock in the middle of the Atlantic, issued into the launch list of }Faber Modern Classics{, featuring an afterword by Philippa Gregory Christopher Martin, the sole survivor of a torpedoed destroyer, is stranded upon a rock in the middle of the Atlantic. Pitted against him are the sea, the sun, the night cold and the terror of his isolation. Through the long hours with only himself to talk to, Martin must try to assemble the truth of his fate, piece by terrible piece.
