When presidential candidate Josh Alexander's motorcade is ambushed by a group of terrorists, the nation is thrown into turmoil. Two weeks following the attack, Alexander is carried to victory by a sympathy vote, but his assailants have not been found. On the surface it appears to be the work of al-Qaeda, despite the tremendous job that the U.S. and her allies have done eliminating terrorist cells within the heart of America.
The setting is the West Indies, with the post-Napoleonic "revolution" against the ban on slavery. The navy is stretched to the limit, ships laid up, appointments for captains and senior officers hard to obtain. There's a lot of rivalry, as well as the discomfort of working with ships and sailors who have only recently been deadly enemies. Adam and the Unrivalled are in the thick of it.
The 24th "Bolitho" novel introduces Adam, nephew of Richard Bolitho, and captain of the newly-commissioned frigate "Unrivalled". The novel follows Adam and his crew as they take on pirates and slavers in the aftermath of victory at Waterloo.
In March 1814, Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho returns to England from several months on the North American coast. The news of Napolean's defeat and abdication has stunned a navy and a nation bled by years of European conflict.
A new historical naval novel featuring Sir Richard Bolitho, who in February 1813, as convoys from Canada and the Caribbean fall victim to American privateers, returns to pursue a war he knows cannot be won.
