By evening, the High Commissioner had settled upon a name. He looked Jack square in the eye and asked, "Can you handle this?' Though a little fazed, Captain Jack Shea returned his steady gaze and said, 'Yes Sir.'

Escape from Pakistan lifts the lid on a story never before made public-the daring escape of a diplomat and his family from Karachi in 1965, planned to perfection by Naval Attaché Jack Shea, who paid a shattering personal price for his gallantry.

Penned with utmost tenderness by Captain Shea's daughter Debora, this is a bittersweet tribute to a mariner who epitomised courage, loyalty, and survival against overwhelming odds.