In the King's Name av Alexander Kent

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<p>It is January 1819, and Captain Adam Bolitho ships out from Falmouth bound for Freetown, on the old the slave coast of Africa. H.M.S. <i>Onward </i>carries sealed orders in the strongbox below deck. But why all the secrecy and apparent urgency? And why <i>Onward</i>, so soon after the Mediterranean, and that bloody action with <i>Nautilus</i>? <br><br>On their way back into port having completed their mission, the crew of the <i>Onward</i> spy the debris of an allied frigate, destroyed as if taken by surprise. Bodies are strewn among the shark-infested waters and no enemy in sight. A single word frozen on the lips of the dead. Mutiny. The men begin to question who is friend and who is foe. <br><br>All is not well aboard the <i>Onward</i>; envy and hunger for power consume some of the crew, but they must band together and risk their lives, in the name of the King. A searing and gripping tale of trouble on the high seas, and of the weakness of the human spirit, <i>In the King''s Name<