Summoned to the Admiralty by Sir Edward Pellew, Captain Adam Bolitho is ordered to sail his 46-gun frigate Unrivalled into African waters to aid His Majesty's campaign against slave-runners. Preoccupied with avenging his uncle Richard's death while confronting an entrenched adversary and the aggressive opposition of the Algerian overlord, he fears he may be setting his crew on a course of doom. "Kent. . . makes these adventures the closest thing to C S Forester coming off the presses." -- The New York Times Book Review "No disappointment. . . . One could not ask for a better companion than this latest gem from a master story teller." -- Maritime Life and Traditions One of the foremost writers of naval fiction. -- Sunday Times of London Alexander Kent is the pseudonym of Douglas Edward Reeman. Reeman joined the British Navy at 16, serving on destroyers and small craft during World War II and eventually rising to lieutenant. He later worked as a detective in the Criminal Investigation Division of the London Metropolitan Police and as a children`s welfare officer. He has taught navigation to yachtsmen and served as a script adviser for television and films. He travels extensively, scouting locations for his books. His interests include sailing, cruising, exploring beaches, and bird watching. He is a fellow of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and has served as president of the British Sailors Society. The Alexander Kent `Richard Bolitho` series now numbers 24 volumes. Reeman has also written over a score of books under his own name, including both fiction and non-fiction accounts of World War II naval warfare. Alexander Kent, also known as Douglas Edward Reeman, joined the British Navy at 16, serving on destr Used Book in Good Condition