King's Trade

Another thrilling and powder-packed instalment of this classic naval adventure series.After yellow fever decimated the crew of Alan Lewrie s HMS Proteus, it had seemed like a good idea to abscond with a dozen slaves from a Jamaican plantation to help man the frigate. But two years later, Lewrie is suspected of the deed. Slave stealing is a hanging offence, and suddenly his neck is at risk of a fatal stretching. Once Lewrie has escaped to England, the master foreign office spy, Zachariah Twigg, arranges for a long voyage even further out of the law s reach, to Cape Town and India as escort to an East India Company convoy. At the Cape of Good Hope a British circus and theatre troupe also joins the party. With the arrival of the seductive but deadly archer, Eudoxia DurschenkoIt, it will take all Lewrie s shrewd guilt, wile and steely self-control to keep his breeches chastely buttoned to avoid even more trouble...A King s Trade, book thirteen in The Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures, is perfect for fans of David McDine, Bernard Cornwell and Patrick O Brian. You could get addicted to this series. Easily. NewYork Times Book Review The best naval series since C. S. Forester . . . Recommended. LibraryJournal Fast-moving. . . A hugely likeable hero, a huge cast of sharply drawn supporting characters: there's nothing missing. Wonderful stuff. Kirkus Reviews