A novel about the heroic actions of four Army chaplins after the troop ship they were on was torpedoed in the North Atlantic.

Rendezvous -- The veteran returns -- Scholar and patriot -- One Christmas more -- Saved for a reason -- Maybe a quartet -- Happy New Year -- Sealed orders -- An admiral's preorgative -- Sergeant Adams -- Torpedo Junction -- Lone wolf -- Racing with the moon -- Hardball -- The second envelope -- The blindfold of fear -- Hard contact -- Pursuing and pursued -- Hell on ice -- No greater love -- The unbroken circle -- Out of the depths -- A wish in the starlight -- Epiphany.