Publisher's Synopsis
May 1943 The story covers a week, a very exciting week, in the life of two close friends; Bill and Hocker. With their technical skills much in demand, and having already served a lengthy prison term - for a crime they did not commit - they were released early, on parole, to work at the War Ministry Research Centre near Oxford. Their latest project, a steam powered cargo boat, had to be delivered to the London Docks for transportation to Asia. But with no heavy carrying vehicles available, they were asked to sail it down the Thames to London themselves. It was during this unusual journey - and against the interesting river backdrop - that they made new friends, met old ones, found romance and corrected past injustices. If you read this book you will find it fast moving, humorous and thought provoking. In other words: a very difficult one to put down!
