Sloop of War Author:Alexander Kent As the French enter the American War of Independence in earnest, young Captain Richard Bolitho is given his first command, Sparrow -- a fast, well-armed fighting sloop. The American Revolution has turned the Atlantic coast into a refuge for privateers and marauding French warships. At last he has the chance to prove his abilities as a junior cap... more »tain. But he faces other challenges too, threats as real and deadly as the enemy itself.« less