By Alexander Kent
October 1789, and warfare clouds thunder over Europe whilst Richard Bolitho steers the Tempest into the perilous waters of the good South Sea. to guard susceptible English delivery lanes from her seagoing enemies, he needs to face the risks of fickle winds, pirates, and savage islanders.
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Too long. He did not know the Eurotas, but she was a well-found ship and no stranger to these waters. Her captain, James Lloyd, had an equally sound reputation. But even if the ship had foundered on a reef, surely some survivors would have got clear in the boats? He lowered the glass and watched a shark rise momentarily to show the whole of its sleek back to the sunlight, barely an oar’s length from the side. ” Even his voice was hushed. Like the hot breeze. Like the ship. 50 PASSAGE TO M U T INY Bolitho raised the glass again and saw Starling, one of the master’s mates, standing upright in the sternsheets, his arm outstretched.
He knew Herrick was listening at his elbow as he continued, “There are some passengers aboard. ” He saw the sudden understanding on Keen’s face. ” With Herrick he watched the launch shove off from the side, the oars rising and falling like wings as it ploughed into the first steep swell from the rocks. Even aboard Tempest Bolitho could feel the powerful undertow and current in the way his ship was swaying and rattling, her sails in disorder as she drifted heavily with the wind. Bolitho braced his legs and followed the launch with his telescope.
56 PASSAGE TO M U T INY “Very well. ” Herrick nodded, his features impassive. The two marine fifers came pounding aft, dragging out their sticks and adjusting their drums before starting a staccato tattoo, while the bosun’s mates ran from hatchway to hatchway bellowing, “All hands! All hands! ” The boy, a small, unmoving figure in a helter-skelter of outward confusion as Tempest’s seamen and marines ran to quarters, stammered huskily, “I—I am sorry, sir, I thought . ” He trailed into silence. Herrick said sharply, “Starboard side forrard.