Genre: Naval Fiction, Historical Fiction
Setting: At sea on a British Warship, and at the Bolitho's family estates in the earl 1800's.
First Sentence: Plymouth, always one of England's most important and strategically situated seaports, seemed strangely quiet, subdued.
This novel is the twenty-fifth of the author's Bolitho Navel series which currently runs to twenty-eight books.
It is 1815, The war with Napoleon is over. England now uses its mighty navy to end the slave trade.
Ships are sent to patrol the Atlantic in pursuit hunt down slave ships. And a great armada is amassed to attack and destroy the military power of an Algerian overlord.
In this novel we follow the exploits of Captain Adam Bolitho. He is the nephew of one of England's greatest admirals - Sir Richard Bolitho.
While at sea, Adam fights against the slave runners. Unfortunately, he gets injured several times. While recuperating from his wounds he meets, and falls in love with, a young woman with a mysterious past.
Since Adam has the reputation of being a daring captain, Adam has been given the dangerous position of leading the fleet into battle.
Will Adam survive the battle now that he has someone to live for?
I enjoyed this book. The author has an easy to read style which I like.
I suggest that those interested in reading this series read the books in order. there are several plot lines which carry through several. novels.
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