A collection of 5 stories. Where Eagles Dare: Seven men and a girl are parachuted onto a mountainside in wartime Germany. Their mission: to rescue an important American general from an apparently inaccessible castle, headquarters of the Gestapo. Ice Station Zebra: America's most highly sophisticated submarine, the "Dolphin," is sent into the desolate treachery of an Arctic winter to rescue possible survivors of a burnt-out weather station. When Eight Bells Toll: With deadly efficiency, millions of pounds of gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea. A sixth sense brings Philip Calvert to a lonely bay in the Western highlands, focal point of many mysterious disappearances. The Guns of Navarone: All attempts to silence the German guns on Navarone have failed. A small band of dedicated commandos must now succeed or 1200 British soldiers face certain death.