Book description
The year is 1774 and Bolitho is now a newly appointed third
lieutenant joining the 28-gun frigate Destiny at Plymouth. It
is a far step from midshipman's berth to wardroom - and at a time when
most of the fleet is laid up Bolitho is considered fortunate.
Bolitho's promotion is tinged by personal sadness, but his new
captain soon points out that Bolitho's loyalty is to him, the ship and
His Britannic Majesty - in that order. Despatched on a secret mission
far south to Rio and then to the Caribbean, Destiny and her
company face the hazards of conspiracy, treason and piracy - and, as
the little ship sails on, Bolitho has to learn amid broadside battles
at sea and the clash of swords in hand-to-hand actions how to accept
his new responsibilities as a King's officer.
Alexander Kent is the author of twenty-seven acclaimed books
featuring Richard Bolitho. Under his own name, Douglas Reeman, and in
the course of a career spanning forty-five years, he has written over
thirty novels and two non-fiction books.
