Pacific Paradox

A nobleman's errant son is dispatched to the South seas to be blooded. A tale of stumbling through intrigue hunger pangs of love-lust deceit loneliness kidnap and hunger on his path to discovering common sense. Coast-watching on Guadalcanal when the Japanese invade he discovers the horrors of what war does to man on the one hand-and what unlikely friendships can be forged on the other.A front stalls view of the legendary naval battles on Guadalcanal 1942.