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Aboard the Hyperion, Richard Bolitho sets sail with an untrained crew for blockade duty off France. Unfortunately, his superior, Commodore Mathias Pelham-Martin, is an incompetent egotist whose petty hostilities jeopardize the operation of an entire fleet.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A decent enough tale in the "Captain of a sailing ship" genre.