Literary Review
High adventure and detection cunningly spliced Battle scenes which reek of blood and brine; excitements on terra firma to match.

Literary Review
"High adventure and detection cunningly spliced. Battle scenes which reek of blood and brine; excitements on terra firma to match…."

Book Description
1795. When his crew is illegally pressed into the Royal Navy by the vicious Captain Toner, Harry sets off in pursuit of Toner's ship. Toner reaches the West Indies with Harry close behind and they sail into a maelstrom of piracy, corruption, and murder.

From the Publisher
An avowed lover of naval fiction with a streak of mischief, David Donachie has sailed into a breach in the nautical genre by blending seagoing adventure with the mystery and twists of a whodunit. A Scot by birth, he lives on the Channel coast of England, where he works to keep his inspirations in motion (`I have about three ideas a day by the way, all my ideas are great`) and has lately published a biographical novel about Admiral Lord Nelson and Lady Emma Hamilton. He now lives in Deal with his partner, Sarah and two children, Thomas and Charlotte.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

1795 ... The wars of revolution are spreading across the globe and Harry Ludlow has joined the struggle for the richest trade in the world. When half his crew is illegally pressed into the Royal Navy by the vicious Captain Toner, Harry sets off in pursuit of Toner's ship, the Endymion-only to end up half a world away. When Toner reaches the West Indies with Harry close behind, they sail into a maelstrom of piracy, corruption, and murder stirred up by a French privateer playing havoc with the local trade. Soon, the British officer in charge of the station, Admiral Bessborough, calls upon each man to help in his individual way. All the while, Harry's kidnapped crew members fight for survival on a ship driven to the point of mutiny.