Rollerball
By Philip McCutchan
British agent Commander Shaw is preparing for a well-deserved holiday to Australia when he is suddenly asked to take a mysterious package to Sydney.
The task seems innocuous enough – inside the package is merely a small, heavy ball, ostensibly made of steel. A number of these balls have been found without explanation, and Shaw’s task is to deliver the package to a respected metallurgist in Sydney for inspection.
But when the metallurgist is found dead shortly after Shaw’s visit, it is clear that something more sinister is at work. Shaw is immediately on the case and he soon discovers the existence of Rollerball, a huge metal sphere, twelve feet in diameter, that crushes everything in its path – and also contains a bomb. Who is behind this deadly device? And will this be Commander Shaw’s most dangerous mission yet?
Rollerball is another thrilling instalment in the Commander Shaw series.
Philip McCutchan grew up in the naval atmosphere of Portsmouth Dockyard and developed a lifetime’s interest in the sea. Military history was an early interest of his, resulting in several fiction books about the British Army and its campaigns, especially in the last 150 years. He served throughout WWII in a variety of ships, including the cruiser Vindictive, the ocean boarding vessel Largs, and the escort carrier Ravager, ending the war as a lieutenant, RNVR. He is also the author of the Tom Chatto Naval Adventures series, published by Endeavour Media.
