The Restless Sea - Signed, Lined and DatedThe sure footedness of a pro, an amazing debut Jeffrey Archer Absorbing and richly observed, THE RESTLESS SEA is a masterful story of the turbulent years of the Second World War. Three lives collide in a way that only the war makes possible Jack, a child of the Blitz, has fled the law to become a seaman in the Merchant Navy. The frozen world of the Russian Arctic convoys may be harsh, but it opens his eyes to a new life. While on leave in the Navys

has stopped pushing for a decision on their relationship

holding her childs hand as she realised she was going to die

Victorian England

Portman s latest assignment is providing back-up for a French intelligence agent sent to recover a hard drive from one of the most dangerous cities on the planet: Mogadishu in Somalia

But at what price

dawn gathering somewhere below the treeline in the east

pacey and endlessly engaging

and their sights on Hammer

set a decade before the age of dynamite - yet nonetheless explosive

travelling abroad with him

Plagued by nightmarish memories of the trenches where he saw his brother die

brutal war with casualties on all sides