H. M. S. Surprise (Vol. Book 3) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

''Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it.''—Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press Third in the series of Aubrey/Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dream: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet... This third segment takes Jack Aubrey to the Indian subcontinent, where both the waters and the terrain are full of unfamiliar dangers. There is, however, a prize in the offing: a flotilla of French ships sent to attack the China Fleet. If Aubrey and Maturin can intercept the French, their fortunes will be made. But can they?

"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."—Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press

Irish Press

Few, very few, books have made my heart thud with excitement H.M.S Surprise managed it.

After rescuing a friend from French torture chambers, Captain Aubrey attempts to save the British merchant fleet in the Indian Ocean Capt. Aubrey and his friend Maturin sail to the Indian Ocean to save the British merchant fleet from the French 'But I put it to you, my lord, that prize-money is of essential importance to the Navy.