![]() When rescue does come, Colton’s true identity is discovered and after a stay in a hospital, he is sent home. The survivors are set adrift in an overloaded lifeboat with few rations and no radio. While Colton’s patrol craft has faced battles and U-boats before, they are caught unawares when a U-boat explodes beneath them, killing Colton’s closest shipmate and wounding Colton’s leg. His second assignment takes him to the North Atlantic to escort a convoy taking supplies to Europe. His first assignment is to patrol the Eastern coastal waters, hunting for U-boat “wolf packs” who attack merchant vessels. He gets his wish and is assigned to a patrol craft. All Colton wants is to be a “subchaser,” to avenge his brother. ![]() Colton assumes his brother’s identity and enlists in the US Navy. Fishing off the North Carolina coast is routine for twelve-year-old Colton, until a surfacing U-boat destroys their craft and severely injures his older brother, Danny. ![]()
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