Eden
- ISBN-10
- 144526319X
- ISBN-13
- 9781445263199
- Series
- Eden
- Pages
- 157
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010-07-21
- Publisher
- Lulu.com
- Author
- James Phillips
Description
A commercial pilot regularly flies the air routes out of "naughty" Singapore; and all it's fleshpots; to all the islands around the Pacific. On one such trip, The Japanese invade the island he has landed at, and his aircraft is destroyed.He escapes the Japanese, but his co-pilot and best friend who owns the airfield/ village store/ bar restaurant are killed.After finding a small fishing boat to escape in; he has to knock out a nun who wishes to stay and be a martyr to death for her church. So over the next 4 months on the fishing boat, she is livid that this stupid pilot has foiled her destiny of martyrdom. After many adventures they fall in love and are rescued by a US Navy submarine from Brisbane Australia. They marry and start a new airline in Australia naming their aircraft after saints.
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