Book description
June 1793, Gibraltar - The gathering might of revolutionary France
prepares to engulf Europe in another bloody war. As in the past,
Britain will stand or fall by the fighting power of her fleet. For
Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities means a fresh command and
the chance of action after long months of inactivity.
However, his mission to support Lord Hood in the monarchist-inspired
occupation of Toulon has gone awry. Bolitho and the crew of the
Hyperion are trapped by the French near a dry Mediterranean island.
The great ship-of-the-line's battered hull begins to groan as her
sails snap in the hot wind.
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.
