If you like Patrick O''Brian and C. S. Forester, you will love this captivating, vivid and exciting page-turner from multi-million copy seller Alexander Kent - guaranteed to keep you hooked! ''One of our foremost writers of naval fiction'' -- Sunday Times''Shipwreck, survival ... a spirited battle ... a splendid yarn'''' -- The Times''A very hard book to put down'' -- ***** Reader review''Awesome'' -- ***** Reader review''Gripping to the end'' -- ***** Reader review''Superb'' -- ***** Reader review''A great yarn'' -- ***** Reader review***************************************************************************************************1809: Returning safely to England after the dramatic capture of Martinque, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds an all too brief respite from war and politics in the arms of his mistress Catherine Somervell.But the shadow of a new conflict already darkens the horizon. The old enemy, France, forges an uneasy alliance with America - threatening the safety of British trade routes.Although ordered immediately to the Indian Ocean, for the first time Bolitho''s thoughts are not of glory but his own - and the Navy''s - past.Both Nelson and Collingwood died in their country''s service. For the navy''s newest Admiral, is there life beyond the sea itself?