H. M. S. (Aubrey/Maturin Novels, 3) (Book 3)

"Few, very few books have made my heart thud with excitement. H.M.S. Surprise managed it."―Helen Lucy Burke, Irish Press

Third in the series of Aubrey/Maturin adventures, this book is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent, and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest dream: the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet...

• Post Captain (Vol. Book 2) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
• Master and Commander (Vol. Book 1) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
• The Mauritius Command (Vol. Book 4) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
• Desolation Island (Vol. Book 5) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
• The Fortune of War (Vol. Book 6) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
• The Ionian Mission (Vol. Book 8) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
• The Surgeon's Mate (Vol. Book 7) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
• The Far Side of the World (Vol. Book 10) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)
• Treason's Harbour
• The Letter of Marque (Vol. Book 12) (Aubrey/Maturin Novels)