An action/adventure tale of the French Legionnaire soldier, Battron, "a man without a country", who is involved with the liberation of a freebooting French ship, the Martel, from a heavily guarded Vichy French port during World War II. The Allies want the ship destroyed; the Germans have sent serious resources and firepower to save it and keep it afloat. But a critical security leak in British intelligence could jeopardize not only the mission but Battron's life. The key is the beautiful former mistress of the Martel's captain, enlisted in the hope she can convince him to join the Free French movement with his ship. This Issue: Stranded in the North African desert, Battron and his skilled commandos must try to complete their mission before the looming shadow of the Allied invasion of North Africa. And in order to complete it they will have to pull off a daring bank robbery in broad daylight. But is the Martel's ship captain's mistress telling them all she knows and whose side she is really on?
