Author: O'Brian, Patrick
Publisher: Flamingo
Format: PB 374 pp
It is still the War of 1812. Here Patrick O'Brioan takes his hero Jack Aubrey and his tetchy, sardonic friend Stephen Maturin on a voyage as fascinating as anything he has ever written. They set course across the South Atlantic to intercept a powerful American frigate outward bound to play havoc with the British whaling trade. If they do not catch her before she rounds the Horn they must follow her to the Great South Sea as far across the Pacfic as she may lead them. Jack loves the idea. Maturin has his own fish the fry in secret intelligence. Pb. 374pp.