Tap cover to enlarge

Send a Gunboat

Published
Oct 2012
Main Genre
General Fiction General Fiction
Rating
Pages
256

About This Book

HMS Wagtail is a river gunboat, a ship seemingly at the end of her useful life, lying in a Hong Kong dockyard awaiting her last summons to the breakers' yard. Commander Justin Rolfe is also seemingly at the end of his useful naval life, an embittered man, brooding and angry from a court-martial verdict. Then the offshore island of Santu is threatened with invasion from the Chinese mainland. The small British community must be brought out and Commander Rolfe and the Wagtail are ordered to the island. The job is regarded with sullen resentment by his crew, but to Rolfe, and even the ship, it is a job that offers the chance of a reprieve and a restoration of self respect.

Genres & Themes

Buy This Book

Formats & Editions

Browse the different covers, formats, and publication history for this title.

Paperback

Paperback edition cover
Mass Market Paperback
Jan 1987 Arrow (UK) ISBN 009907060X
Buy
Paperback edition cover
Trade Paperback
Jan 2017 McBooks Press ISBN 1590137299
Buy

eBook

eBook edition cover
eBook
First Edition Oct 2012 Random House ISBN 1448150795
Buy
eBook edition cover
eBook
Oct 2012 McBooks Press ISBN 1590137272
Buy
eBook edition cover
eBook
Oct 2012 Globe Pequot Publishing ISBN 1590137302
Buy
eBook edition cover
eBook
Oct 2012 Cornerstone Digital ISBN B008VRFJ64
Buy

Audio

Audio edition cover
Audible
Dec 2012 Audible Studios ISBN B00AMBEXAU
Buy
Audio edition cover
Audio CD
Oct 2014 Brilliance Audio ISBN 1491571551
Buy
Audio edition cover
MP3 CD
Jan 2015 Brilliance Audio ISBN 1491573686
Buy
Audio edition cover
MP3 CD
Jan 2017 Brilliance Audio ISBN 1536662992
Buy