A gripping new novel from Paul Weston, master of naval historical fiction. ‘Impeccably researched and wonderfully drawn, with a protagonist to rival Bernard Cornwall’s Sharpe, Diamond Rock will keep you burning the mid-night oil’ Damien Lewis, bestselling author In the West Indies, Captain Snowden RN, ‘the man who burned Boney’s barges’ takes command of a frigate … The year is 1805. In the opening move of the Trafalgar Campaign, the combined French and Spanish fleet escapes from the Mediterranean and arrives in Martinique, where HMS Diamond Rock , the British ‘stone sloop’ dominates the Island’s main port. Incensed by ‘English impudence’ Napoleon orders Admiral Villeneuve to capture the Diamond . While Nelson’s fleet hurries across the Atlantic in pursuit, Snowden in his frigate Columbine, Commander Kennedy in Oleander, and Lieutenant Luciani ashore harry the enemy in a campaign of irregular warfare. Snowden, Kennedy, Luciani – inspiring leader, superb seaman, ruthless guerilla …