HMS Surprise Author:Patrick O'Brian "Jack Aubrey leaves Nelson's fleet for England, expecting a fortune in prize money and marriage with his beloved Sophie. Instead he comes back to a debtors' prison, and no prospect of a ship...But soon he has a new command, the Surprise, with order to sail for the east. And somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies a prize that could make ... more »him rich beyond his wildest dreams-the ships that Napoleon has sent to attack the China Fleet..."« less