Their job was searching for flyers shot down in the cold north sea. Treherne: Commander of HSL #7525. His men called him "The Lad," but he grew up fast under fire. Flight Sergeant Slingsby: small... wiry...able. "I drink blood and eat rivet!" Tebbitt: Huge...powerful...unhappy. Even in battle he brooded over his unfaithful wife. Milliken: seasick little medic. On his first sea duty, the hard-boiled crew frightened him almost as badly as the enemy guns. An unforgettable novel of courage and heroism.