Peter Godfrey is drafted into the Royal Navy along with many other young conscripts to serve his country in the hot and humid climes of the East. When Godfrey sails out of Liverpool, he wonders what the future has in store for him. What will he, a 'virgin soldier', learn in this 'massive adventure' that is about to begin? Will he ever return? You too will be swept along in this extraordinary adventure, following the highs and lows of life at sea and on land for Godfrey and his comrades. Throughout it all, will he remember the girls he has left behind? Will he be able to resist the temptations...

For a sensitive soul like Peter Godfrey, growing up is not going to be easy. On top of the normal pressures of school and of surviving in a big family with a small income, he has to cope with living in troubled times: the 1930s, world depression, the rise of Hitler and the looming prospect of war. Yet the turmoil in his young heart seems as great as that which he reads about in his fathers newspapers.

As his south London childhood makes way for the beginnings of a career in the City, his unrest merely increases. Romantic by nature, he is not short of prospective lovers, but his shyness and...