Don Winslow of the Navy #12

Don Winslow receives sealed orders to race his destroyer to Basra at full speed, where he's to rendezvous with Captain White—an intelligence officer who's gone mysteriously missing. When Don arrives at the port and begins investigating, he uncovers a sinister front operation: a combined Nazi-Japanese ring using a shipping company as cover to intercept crucial supply convoys bound for the Russians. Now Don must track down the missing captain, expose the conspiracy, and stop the enemy's plan before nightfall gives them the advantage.

Eaglebeak Spruder, a blustering loudmouth with a reputation as a phony, finds himself face-to-face with Battlin' Bailey from the East Side—a tough guy itching to prove the braggart is all hot air. When Bailey challenges the so-called fake to show his stuff, Eaglebeak plays it cool, letting his new acquaintance do all the talking while he sizes up the situation with a sly grin.

Don Winslow and Red Pennington parachute into the besieged island of Malalonga to solve a baffling mystery: how are the Japanese forces receiving supplies and reinforcements when the U.S. Navy has them completely cut off? What begins as a reconnaissance mission quickly turns into capture and hard labor in the enemy's tin mines, but the discovery of a secret underground dock and a hidden sea cave finally reveals the enemy's lifeline—and gives our heroes a desperate plan to cut it off for good.

When a series of mysterious torpedo attacks strike an Allied convoy in the South Pacific, Don Winslow—on special duty with the Coast Guard—uncovers a baffling connection: survivors torpedoed into shark-infested waters mysteriously escape attack, and the sharks themselves seem to vanish without explanation. His investigation leads him to a suspicious shark-fishing vessel bound for the neutral harbor of El Salobar, where Winslow and his companion Red go undercover to uncover what the captain is truly hiding below deck.

Don Winslow springs into action when a U.S. destroyer is torpedoed in the Pacific, leaving Admiral Colby and Captain Niven stranded—but the Japanese have a sinister plan in mind. As Don investigates the suspicious circumstances surrounding their survival, he uncovers a deadly trap involving electro-magnetic mines and realizes the only way to save the Admiral is to capture a Japanese plane and decode the secret behind the enemy's strategy. With Red Wing at his side and time running out, Don must outmaneuver the Japanese to prevent a catastrophe and expose the cunning scheme that threatens American lives and morale.