Whether on land or at sea can Jack Aubrey stay one step ahead of his enemies? With the Treaty
of Amiens England is at peace. At least for now. . . Accompanied by his friend ship's surgeon
and spy Stephen Maturin Captain Jack Aubrey has returned home to England and the life of a
country gentleman. But their comfortable experience is cut short when Jack is made a pauper
overnight. He flees to the continent narrowly escaping debtor's prison only to find himself a
hunted fugitive from Napoleon's regime as yet again war looms. 'Outstanding dialogue
characterisation humour and a golden thread of romance.' KATIE FFORDE 'The Aubrey-Maturin
novels by Patrick O'Brian are so addictive that after I finish one I have to hide the next
from myself for a little while in order to do anything else but read.' LOUISE ERDRICH
