This book sets off at a cracking pace, throwing the reader immediately into the heart of a major naval battle, of the sort that traditionally forms the climax of many books in this genre. That's fine, but the problem with loosing all your big guns in Chapter One is, can you sustain the momentum ...
A disappointment. Instead of improving Worrall seemed to spend a lot of time working backstory. This book makes me miss and appreciate Patrick OBrian all the more. Worrall handles all the technicalities of a British man of war sailing ship from the eighteen hundreds. He is on top of the cultural ...
Cassandra glided easily through the entrance under her topgallants alone. The seemingly lifeless village of Freetown squatted above the mud banks to starboard. Despite the lush jungle crowding the water’s edge, the place had an air of desperation and abandonment. Near the center of the inlet lay ...