Patrick O'Brian

Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin sail to Australia with a hold full of convicts, including a dangerous spy, while the crew is decimated by disease and their ship, the "Leopard," is pursued by a Dutch man-of-war

Desolation Island (Vol. Book 5) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

In this book, commissioned to rescue Governor Bligh of Bounty fame, Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend and surgeon, Stephen Maturin, sail the Leopard to Australia with a hold full of convicts. Among them is a beautiful and dangerous spy - and a treacherous disease which decimates the crew.

Desolation Island

Gavin

Largely about failure, waiting, decay, and disloyalty. Gripping even when it repeats.

Jason Porterfield

This is the most enjoyable entry in the Aubrey series thus far. Lucky Jack doesn't look so lucky as he heads south on a mission to transport convicts to Australia, pick up Captain Bligh and take as many Dutch ships as he can along the way. I've been reading this in concert with Richard Zacks' The Pirate Hunter - about the misadventures of Cap'n Kidd - and The Worst Journey in the World, Apsley Cherry-Gerrard's account of Scott's ill-fated Antarctic mission. I recommend the combination.

Desolation Island (Vol. Book 5) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)

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