Book description
June 1815
On the eve of Waterloo, a sense of finality and cautious hope
pervade a nation wearied by decades of war. But peace will present its
own challenge to Adam Bolitho, captain of His Majesty's Ship
Unrivalled, as many of his contemporaries face the prospect of discharge.
The life of a frigate captain is always lonely, but for Adam,
mourning the death of his uncle Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho, that
solitude acquires a deeper poignancy. He is, more than ever, alone, at
the dawning of a new age for the Royal Navy, where the only constants
are the sea and those enemies, often masked in the guise of
friendship, who conspire to destroy him.
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.
