The eighth book in the highly popular Lord Ramage series has Captain Ramage back in the Mediterranean. An English ship had mutinied and turned itself over to the enemy in a Spanish port. Ramage is given the unenviable task of going into the Spanish Harbor, cutting out the ship, and bringing back the men to face trial. The commanding admiral does not expect Ramage to succeed. Except for his faithful core of sailors, Ramage?s men feel he is taking them on a suicide mission and come close to mutiny themselves. Again, Pope?s knowledge of seamanship and the seas and harbors of Spain make for believable and thrilling story.
