William Bentley receives an offer from a former fellow officer, now captain of Will's old ship: serve as his first lieutenant and avoid imprisonment. Will accepts and begins a harrowing journey to Jamaica to put down a slave rebellion.
Jan Needle, a native of Portsmouth, England, has had a lifelong interest in naval history. He is the author of four acclaimed novels under the pseudonym Frank Kippax, and also has a highly successful career as a TV scriptwriter and, under his own name, as a writer of award-winning children's fiction.
