Bøker av G.S. Beard

A shadow hangs over John Thomas Fury in his first voyage as a midshipman aboard the Amazon. Ten years earlier his father, a brig commander in the Service, became mentally unbalanced and his crew mutinied. Now, as Amazon heads southwards on her voyage to India, Fury finds himself working hard to prove that he isn't cursed just like his father.

1793. HMS Amazon is returning from an arduous duty in the Indian Ocean when she encounters a French frigate in the Atlantic. Amazon left England nearly two years before the countries were not at war. But any hopes that the peace still holds are shattered as the Frenchman unexpectedly opens fire - a bloody sea battle ensues.