Late 1943 and Thomas Stark has been at war or training hard since ’37. He has had too few breaks, each followed by another demanding posting, fighting against unnecessary odds, due to the lack of mode…
It is the reign of Charles II and Barbary pirates are causing mayhem and terror in the Mediterranean. Nineteen-year-old Ralph Wrenn has been at sea since the age of ten. Recently promoted, he now serv…
