Stockwin is back on track giving us our heroic Thomas Kydd, doing heroic things, during a time that calls for heroism. We seem to have been at a loss to find a good yarn where we could see that all occur and though we don't have one great cannonball slinging sea battle, we have sea chases and a hurricane, as well as subterfuge and thought in the war against the French.

Renzi finally emerges out of his funk to act like a man instead of a rag that he has been for several books, though still his background and position in the tale seems weak. The son of an Earl, the heir, wants to continue to be estranged from his father hurting the feelings of his mother, and causing undo stress upon all that family seems far fetched after so many books covering so many years.

In the scheme of things, we have Kydd back on track doing what he is meant to do, Captain a vessel in the war. And where other of the recent tales lagged, this moves along at a quick page-turning pace, with prose working into the writing to give us a glimpse of the locale and period even better than previous books. The dialogue places us in the nineteenth century and all that we could hope for is presented with Kydd becoming the hero of 2 major actions in the theater of war.

Now, as our hero makes his way to the next action, we can only hope that Stockwin keeps to this tack and our Kydd does even greater things to reap acclaim. ( )

A fun naval story, with pretty good descriptions of battles. The author had a pretty decent style, and some unexpected plot twists. I've only read one other book in the series but these books seem to each cover a set theme and can be read independently. ( )

An interesting look at the Caribbean Theater during the Napoleonic Era, a bit slow , when not spinning naval battles but overall enjoyable, and a series I will add to my reading list. ( )

Captain Kidd has been sent to the Caribbean where he must find the source of raids on British shipping. He finds that not only must he fight the French, but he faces betrayal as well.

Overall, this is an okay book, but it did seem to drag. The cover had said something about Kidd being on trial for his life and yet that episode in the book is nearly at the end and is a minor point in the story. The plot was interesting, but I feel the writing (and editing) could have made the story move along at a quicker pace with fewer diversions. As it stands, the story seemed to be a series of connected events without building to any major climax. ( )

Received book through Early Reviewers, Very good read about the Napoleonic wars in the caribean. Sea battles were very intriguing. The story had some lagging spots where I seemed to lose interest. Overall a good Sea worthy novel. ( )