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Book Review of San Andreas

San Andreas
San Andreas
Author: Alistair MacLean
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Hardcover
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It is the darkest days of World War II and the San Andreas, a Red Cross medical ship carriying wounded is on a perilous voyage from Halifax to Aberdeen. The ship is only a short distance out from port when a mysterious power failure knocks out the lights identifying her as a hospital transport and - without warning- she is under siege by a devastating attack of German war planes and U-boats.