The Log of the Retvizan TwylightChapter 3
The outboard motor was muffled to a hum. The three of them, Pavlov, Shapalaev and a marine called Shteyn motored inshore around the dark columns of volcanic rock that rose out of the sea like chimneys. The sea was a placid swell but almost immeasurably deep, rising sharply upwards towards the sheer rockfaces. The eastern side of this island of 'Havai' was high, rocky and forbidding. It was as if the whole volcano had tilted west, leaving it's raw haunches exposed for all to see. Pavlov...