Hazard of Huntress Author:V.A. Stuart She was a steam-powered beauty, a sloop-of-war under the new command of Phillip Horatio Hazard. It is January of 1855 and the sea war with Russia has nearly frozen to a halt under the impact of the Crimean winter. But Hazard is en route to Odessa, under sealed orders, and only half-realizing the perils that lie ahead.