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  • As
  • a
  • boy,
  • abandoned
  • to
  • look
  • after
  • himself
  • at
  • the
  • age
  • of
  • thirteen,
  • Martin
  • encountered
  • Captain
  • Bowers
  • RN
  • and
  • his
  • family.
  • Adopted
  • by
  • the
  • Captain
  • he
  • entered
  • the
  • Navy
  • as
  • a
  • Midshipman.
  • Now
  • married
  • and
  • a
  • decorated
  • Captain
  • himself.
  • He
  • returns
  • home
  • to
  • find
  • his
  • wife
  • Jennifer
  • at
  • death's
  • door.
  • Prompted
  • by
  • his
  • safe
  • return,
  • her
  • recovery
  • is
  • assured
  • and
  • is
  • followed
  • by
  • a
  • return
  • to
  • work
  • for
  • ‘plain
  • Mr.
  • Smith’
  • with
  • clandestine
  • excursions
  • and
  • undercover
  • trips
  • to
  • France.
  • .
  • At
  • sea
  • once
  • more,
  • he
  • is
  • involved
  • not
  • only
  • with
  • preventing
  • treasure
  • ships
  • from
  • falling
  • into
  • French
  • hands,
  • but
  • also
  • with
  • events
  • on
  • the
  • east
  • coast
  • of
  • America
  • in
  • the
  • run-up
  • to
  • the
  • war
  • of
  • 1812. Action,
  • battle,
  • romance,
  • adventure
  • and
  • thrills
  • abound
  • in
  • O’Neil’s
  • latest
  • venture
  • into
  • the
  • world
  • of
  • sea
  • battles
  • with
  • France,
  • Spain
  • and
  • American pirates.
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