BILLY BUD IS SELECTED AS THE SAILOR FOR THE WARSHIP ‘INDOMITABLE’.
THE COMMANDING FORCES OF THE SHIP ARE WARY AND WORRIED AS THE SAILORS ALL OVER THE WARSHIPS HAVE GONE BERSERK. REVOLT IS THE ONLY WORD THAT THEY SEEM TO UNDERSTAND. NATURALLY, TO MAINTAIN DISCIPLINE, THE OFFICERS HAVE TO TAKE HARSH ACTIONS.
JOHN KLAGART IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ‘FLAG’ DEPARTMENT. VAGABOND BY NATURE, HE HAS A KEEN EYE ON THE FELLOW SAILORS. IT IS HIS DOUBT THAT BILLY BUD, A NOTORIOUS SAILOR IS TRYING TO PROVOKE OTHER SAILORS. WHEN HE EXPRESSES HIS DOUBT, CAPTION VERR GOES WILD. THOUGH SOFT AND SWEET BILLY BUD IS FAMOUS AMONG FELLOW SAILORS, HE GETS SUPREMELY INSULTED WITH THE ACCUSATIONS PUT FORTH BY JOHN. HIS WRATH UPSETS THE ENVIRONMENT AT THE ‘INDOMITABLE.’ THE BOOK PRESENTS THE STORY OF THESE ACCUSATIONS AND THEIR FRIGHTENING IMPACT.
‘इन्डॉमिटेबल’ युद्धनौकेवरील खलाशी बिली बडला त्याचे सहकारी अडचणीत आणत असतात. जॉन क्लॅगार्ट हा निशाण खात्याचा प्रमुख या सगळ्या प्रकारामागे आहे, असं या युद्ध नौकेवरचा अनुभवी पण वयस्कर खलाशी लास्कर, बिलीला वारंवार सांगतो; एके दिवशी अगदी सहजपणे जॉनचं खरं रूप बिलीच्या समोर येतं. काय होतं तेव्हा?