Publisher's Synopsis
"You'll die in Singapore," they taunted us. And it seemed that they were very likely right. Weakened by hunger, thirst and ill-treatment, Charles McCormac, a prisoner-of-war in Japanese-occupied Singapore, knew that if he did not escape he would die. With 16 others he broke out of Pasir Panjang camp and began an epic 2,000-mile escape from Singapore, through the jungles of Indonesia to Australia. With no compass or map, and only the goodwill of villagers and their own wits to rely on, they took a staggering five months and only two out of the original 17 men survived. This is Charles McCormac's compelling true account of one of the most horrifying and amazing escapes in World War Two.
