BETWEEN THE HAMMER AND THE ANVIL ...
In 1944, the Allies have delivered a stunning blow to Hitler's Western Front. In the Pacific, Admiral Raymond A. Spruance's Fifth Fleet is poised to deliver a knock-out punch to the Japanese Navy – and begin a new war for the occupied islands. But in the center of this world-spanning drama, a lone Japanese submarine, the I-57, headed for the U-boat pens in Lorient, France, is on a mission of a very different kind. And on board is Todd Ingram, a prisoner of war and Captive of Fate.
IS THE ULTIMATE DECEPTION
Navy brass knows Ingram is on the I-57, but can't reveal its ability to break Japanese code. So Ingram's close friend, Captain Jerry Landa, is put in charge of a covert "NEPTUNE STRATEGY" to save Ingram. But Landa can't help himself as he falls for Ingram's wife Helen while the top brass demands to know where the Japanese sub is going, who is in command – and what is astounding, what the I-57's ultimate mission really is ...