Publisher, Blackstone Audiobooks (July 2004)

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“The best historical novels ever written.” —New York Times Book Review

"Few, very few, books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it." —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 dreams: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet.

About the Performer: Earphones Awards recipient SIMON VANCE was born in England and worked for the BBC for ten years as a radio-news announcer and also worked as a narrator for the Royal National Institute for the Blind in London. In addition to narrating for Blackstone Audiobooks, he involves himself in numerous stage-acting projects in the United States and Europe.