A fascinating portrayal of mine countermeasures and coastal defence actions during WWII. The story line is somewhat disjointed and the ending is a little too pat, but the setting is worth the read. I found Reeman's writing style in this novel hard to follow (I don't recall this in his other books): he tended to switch perspectives frequently while using pronouns which weren't clear who they referred to. Could this be a literary device to convey a sense of disjointed reality when dismantling mines?