An Honourable Duncan Morant naval thriller . . . The Vortex brings the saga of Duncan Lord Eversham and Jamie Goring to a gripping climax. - Seriously wounded in an engagement Jamie is hospitalized, during which he meets and falls in love with his nurse, Emma Broughton. Emma is froma higher social class doing her bit to assist the War effort. Her parents will not consider her marrying a man who is also only a petty officer. Jamie undertakes a most hazardous operation to rescue a French Resistance leader from under the very noses of the Nazis. It is a time for heroism and sacrifice.