num_pages: 509
description: Japanese reinforcements arrive at Guadalcanal on the Tokyo Express as the Marines hold on with little food, a few battered airplanes, and a whole lot of guts. The navy continues to rebuild and the leadership in the South Pacific is shaken. Admiral King faces a possible American Dunkirk in the Pacific and the invasion in North Africa is imminent. Admiral Nimitz must make a change and only one admiral is ready to enter the battle. This new leader needs every possible advantage to win the pivotal battles of October and November, so James Brand and the Science Team are once again dispatched. Everything rides on a few good ships and their valiant crews.Elsewhere, scientists and engineers examine new ways to make war. Professor Brand’s old boss calls on the young prodigy’s expertise and assistance with an experiment that, if successful, will bring both political and military challenges...altering the future.
language: English
title: Night Attack: The Naval Odyssey of Professor James Brand