Firehead's Malice

Maritime fiction in the spirit of C.S. Forester and Patrick O?Brian, Firehead?s Malice is a rousing sea adventure that sweeps across the West Indies during the Seven Years? War, where navies clash and pirates roam. A tale of passionate greed and ruthless betrayal in the age of sailing warships - the most powerful and awe-inspiring weapons of their time. ? Was Lady Crimhedden, noblewoman, respected Royal Navy widow, involved with pirates? ? And was her lover really a spy for the French? ? What happened to the brig with dispatches to warn the fleet? ? Could they have fallen into pirates? hands? Even so, the most notorious pirates regress to deserved insignificance - overshadowed by the greater greed of nations in deadly contest to wrest West Indies? resources to their own gains in what was, in fact, the very first world war.