It is 1799. The year before, Napoleon Bonaparte led a large expeditionary force across the Mediterranean to conquer Egypt, where he remains.
Though it seems impossible, fears arise that he is using Egypt as a stepping stone for invasion of BritainтАЩs colonies in India, which could deprive England of the great source of its wealth and devastate her ability to continue the war against her revolutionary enemy.
Charles Edgemont, newly appointed Captain of the Frigate Cassandra is ordered on what he initially considers a foolтАЩs errand to the foot of the Red Sea. He finds an under-strength crew on the point of mutiny, and an unresolved murder.
Near the entrance to the Red Sea, Charles reports to Admiral Sir John Blankett. Blankett is openly contemptuous of any notion that the French would even consider transiting the sea or make any other attempts to invade the subcontinent.
Admiral Blankett is wrong...
The final thrilling novel in Jay WorrallтАЩs epic Napoleonic Wars series, perfect for fans of Julian Stockwin, Patrick OтАЩBrian and Hornblower.
Praise for Jay WorrallтАШA thoroughly enjoyable venture into the venue made famous by C. S. Forester... [evoking] the same admiration and sense of adventure [as] the Forester books doтАЩ The Roanoake Times
тАШWell executed... demonstrating WorrallтАЩs expertise in ship and sea warfare historyтАЩ Publishers Weekly
Jay Worrall is the author of the Napoleonic Wars trilogy. Born into a military family and raised as a Quaker, Worrall grew up in a number of countries around the world. During the Vietnam War he worked with refugees in the Central Highlands of that country, and afterwards taught English in Japan. Worrall has also worked to develop innovative and humane prison programs, policies, and administration. He is married and the proud father of five sons, and he now lives and works in Pennsylvania.