CONTENTS

AUTHOR’S NOTE

PART ONE: SHIP OF FATE

 1 THE NEW RECRUIT

 2 THE THREAT

 3 A SHOCK FOR THE ADMIRALTY

 4 MISSING

 5 BLACK FRIDAY DIPLOMACY

 6 FORTRESS FALL

 7 SURABAYA DESOLATION

 8 FIRST BATTLE OF THE JAVA SEA

 9 FELINE INTUITION

10 ESCAPE OR DIE

11 THE BATTLE OF SUNDA STRAIT

12 SINK OR SWIM

PART TWO: SURVIVORS

13 THE SWIMMER

14 BRIGHT AND SHADE

15 THE MISFITS

16 INVASION AND REVENGE

17 NATIVE DISTURBANCE

18 JAVANESE HOSPITALITY

19 MASSACRE

PART THREE: CAPTIVITY

20 INTERROGATION

21 BANDUNG

22 TRAIN TENSIONS

23 BATAVIA SOJOURN

24 PERTH SURVIVORS

25 ABSENT WITHOUT LEAVE

26 THE WHEELS BEGIN TO TURN …

27 SETTING SAIL TO SOMEWHERE

28 NIGHT TERRORS

PART FOUR: CHANGI

29 DEAR JOHN

30 FROM THE GALLOWS

31 TRAIN OF PAIN

PART FIVE: JUNGLE BOUND

32 TIED IN THAILAND

33 KING COBRA CALAMITY

34 A BELTING FOR YOUR TROUBLE

35 TIGER TIME

36 CHOLERA STRIKES

37 GOOD DOCTOR VET

38 MURDER AT THREE PAGODAS PASS

39 BODY OF EVIDENCE

40 A FITTING END

PART SIX: BURMA BOUND

41 CAMPS OF THE VERY ILL

42 A SNAKE TOO FAR

43 THE CAT WOMAN OF MAE SOT

44 RECUPERATION

PART SEVEN: BACK TO THE PAST

45 UNOFFICIAL DEGREE FROM CHANGI

46 AN UNEXPECTED REUNION

47 OF EMPATHY, COURAGE AND LOVE

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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