Someone is murdering Marines on their way to Guadalcanal
It’s 1942, and America’s fastest, finest troopship U.S.S. James F. Bridger is five days out of Pearl and headed for the Solomon Islands to take part in the war for the Pacific. The ship is hosting The First Marine Division, and Bridger’s executive officer, Commander Jonas Pratt, USNR, is tasked with maintaining order from her boiler rooms to her masthead.