Ben Aldiss

The Babylon Boat: a Case in Salvage Ben Aldiss

The taming of British legal eagle Athelstan Costerlyme QC in the tropical jurisdiction of Santa Iguana. A light hearted but lusty romance set against a legal- maritime backdrop of sabotage; seamanship; kidnapping, foul play; missionary girls, secret initiation rites and tropical passions in the recently Independent Republic of Santa Iguana to the near North East of AustraliaThe story unfolds variously in the High Court; in the dense jungles of Santa Iguana's mountainous interior; and with raunchy goings on in the bedrooms and bars of Port Ranulf's Grand Hotel as mid western missionary girl Dorcas rescues Athelstan from kidnapping , and Barristers Amy Fernandez and YoYo Balls Bender-formerly of Melbourne Australia- do battle before Mr. Justice Krill over the salvage of the Babylon Boat.