In enemy waters! In the spring of 1797 Captain Richard Bolitho 
brought his ship, the 100-gun Euryalus, home to Falmouth. But soon the flagship 
was pressed into battle, part of a hastily formed squadron chosen to force the 
first British reentry into the Mediterranean, a mission demanding both skill and 
enterprise. In addition, Bolitho had to cope with a new admiral, and a 
mysterious and powerful civilian whose advice to the fleet would have sinister 
implications for the future of Britain. Once again, Alexander Kent has produced 
a robust, swashbuckling adventure on the high seas!