New York: Putnam, (1988.) dj. Hardcover first edition - First contemporary novel by the author of the Sharpe series, this is a thriller featuring Nicholas Sandman, wounded in the Falklands War, who was told that he would never walk again, never sail again - but who is determined to do both. When he agrees to navigate the yacht Wildtrack, he encounters a web of deceit, corruption and murder. 320 pp. ISBN: 0-39-133755.