To Glory We Steer

"H.M.S. Phalarope" is ordered to the Caribbean but the most deadly enemy is already aboard her. "January 1782, Portsmouth" His Britannic Majesty's frigate "Phalarope" is ordered to the assistance of the hard-pressed squadrons in the Carribean. Aboard is her new commander -- Richard Bolitho. To all appearances the "Phalarope" is everything a young captain could wish for. But beneath the surface she is a deeply unhappy ship -- her wardroom torn by petty greed and ambition, her deckhands driven to near-mutiny by senseless ill-treatment... "From the Paperback edition."