<h2>For whatever we lose, it is our self we find in the sea.</h2><h3>¿The best swashbuckler of the year ... There are echoes of Horatio Hornblower in Nightingale¿s introspection and doubts. The gay love story is beautifully written and the evocation of life on board the <em>Scylla</em> is equally good¿ <em>The Times</em></h3><h3>¿An extraordinary work, absolutely breathtaking ... it beggars belief¿ Conn Iggulden, <em>New York Times</em>& <em>Sunday Times</em> bestselling author</h3><h3>¿Achingly beautiful. A delightful, romantic, queer historical adventure¿ Mackenzi Lee, <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author</h3><p><strong>Captain Hiram Nightingale</strong> is a veteran of the wars which have raged throughout Europe and the Americas. But a grand victory at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 comes at a devastating cost. Plagued by wounds both physical and mental, he attempts to recover by accepting command of HMS <em>Scylla</em>. His task is to hunt down a mutinous ship and bring t