January 1972: the tiny outpost of British Honduras is threatened with imminent invasion by battle-hardened; US-trained Guatemalan paratroops. Britain's response must be immediate and decisive. But there is only one deterrent the government can offer: HMS Ark Royal; once the Navy's most powerful warship; now a white elephant on the verge of being scrapped. To save the small colony; she must launch a pair of Buccaneer fighter bombers on an unprecedented long-range mission. But first the old carrier must make a high-speed; 1;500 mile dash across the Atlantic towards the Gulf of Mexico. The odds of arriving in time are very slim indeed... Drawing on extensive first-hand accounts and previously unseen; classified documents; Rowland White has pieced together one of the most audacious and thrilling missions of post-war British military history.