The East Indiaman (Percival Merewether Book 1)

In January, 1806, twenty-eight-year-old Percival Merewether was promoted from First Lieutenant to Captain, one of the youngest men in the long history of the East India Company's Naval Service to attain this rank. His first command was the sloop Rapid, a fast ex-slaver armed with 10 nine-pounders.

THE EAST INDIAMAN encompasses the first year of his captaincy - as eventful and action-packed a year as any ambitious young captain could have wished. His cool head and his courage were taxed to the full in skirmished with french warships, pirate dhows, mutinies and diplomatic intrigues.

This immensely vigorous, brisk and salty story brilliantly portrays the type of man whose thrusting bravery and nautical expertise carved out and held an empire.