With the fierce Siege of Toulon escalating in violence and the massing forces of the revolutionary army preparing to attack, Pearce is entrusted with the task of escorting 5,000 radical French sailors to a port on the Atlantic coast where they are to be set free. But when the assignment goes awry, it is up to Pearce and his trio of friends, the Pelicans, to prevent judicial murder...
©2008 David Donachie; (P)2008 Soundings
"High adventure and detection; cunningly spliced battle scenes which reek of blood and brine." (Literary Review)