Reissue of the classic tale of adventure and death on a mysterious Arcticisland, from the acclaimed master of action and suspense. A convertedfishing trawler, Morning Rose carries a movie-making crew across theBarents Sea to isolated Bear Island, well above the Arctic Circle, forsome on-location filming, but the script is a secret known only to theproducer and screenwriter. En route, members of the movie crew and ship'scompany begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The crew's doctor,Marlowe, finds himself enmeshed in a violent, multi-layered plot in whichvery few of the persons aboard are whom they claim to be. Marlowe'sefforts to unravel the plot become even more complicated once the moviecrew is deposited ashore on Bear Island, beyond the reach of the law oroutside help. The murders continue ashore, and Marlowe, who is not what heseems to be either, discovers they may be related to some forgotten eventsof the Second World War.