The author, David McDonald is a former Petty Officer in the Royal Navy. His first book is an autobiographical account of his time in the Falklands Islands aboard HMS Plymouth.The book draws on his experiences and real-life diary accounts during the Falklands conflict in 1982 whilst always providing an emotional account of his daughter’s serious road accident in 1980. David is retired and currently lives in Dalgety Bay, Fife, Scotland