Can Captain Jack Aubrey and his crew defy the odds, and outmanoeuvre the French, to take two small but vital islands in the Indian Ocean? Life ashore on half pay, despite the joys of family life, is unlikely to satisfy a man of action such as Jack Aubrey. The sea calls to him. And so, when his friend, ship's surgeon and secret agent Stephen Maturin, arrives with secret orders, Aubrey soon finds himself in command of a frigate and setting sail for the Cape of Good Hope. But, in Nelson's navy, there are as many enemies within as without. 'A few books work their way . . . onto [bestseller] lists by genuine, lasting excellence – witness The Lord of the Rings, or Patrick O'Brian's sea stories.'URSULA K. LE GUIN 'I devoured Patrick O'Brian's twenty-volume masterpiece as if it had been so many tots of Jamaica grog.'CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS • The complete Aubrey/Maturin series finally available in eBook • Peter Weir's Oscar-winning film starring Russell Crowe brought Aubrey and Maturin to a whole new audience • Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin series has sold millions of copies. He is one of our greatest novelists ever • Praised in the New York Times Book Review as "the best historical novels ever written" • A thrilling depiction of life at sea during the Napoleonic Wars • A new film is currently in development • This is the fourth book in the series Competition: clarissa oakes;post captain;treason's harbour;desolation island;sharpe's assassin;war lord;the last kingdom. by;bernard cornwell;julian stockwin;david gilman;alexander kent;allan mallinson;dean king;c. s. forester;dewey lambdin;jay worrall;diana gabaldon
