It is 1819, the dawn of the British Empire. Captain Adam Bolitho must make a fast passage from Plymouth to Freetown in West Africa with secret orders for the senior officer there. For Adam, newly married, it seems an unfortunate mission. And with ships in every harbor paid off or waiting to be scrapped, and their officers cut loose without hope of future commands, Adam soon finds himself the object of envy and jealousy.
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