Violent delights have violent ends…
1943
United States army sergeant Frank Quilley has been serving his war in the relative safety of Algiers; building a fortune on blackmail, gambling and murder.
He knew what he wanted and had no qualms pursuing his own selfish ambitions. He was in control with his fortune secure in his own private jeep … until it was requisitioned and shipped aboard Fort Harrison.
To keep an eye on his money Quilley had no choice but to volunteer to join the American troops on board the Fort Harrison, a British merchant ship bound for the battleground of Salerno.
For once in his life, facing the German lines in his own dug-out it looks like a terrified Quilley is out of luck.
Meanwhile the Fort Harrison and her British crew in dock are under heavy bombardment from the Luftwaffe.
Will the ship hold together alone at sea? Was it worth Quilley risking his life to protect his asset?
Or will he finally suffer the consequences of amassing the Spoils of War?