Description
Aboard a hard-pressed ship bound for Australia, Captain Jack Aubrey and his close companion, the surgeon Stephen Maturin, face a voyage that turns from routine duty into a desperate struggle for survival. When a deadly disease sweeps through the crew and a volatile mix of prisoners, secrets, and shifting loyalties threatens to unravel everything they hold dear, Aubrey must rely on seamanship and nerve while Maturin probes the human and scientific mysteries behind the catastrophe. Set against the gritty realities of life at sea, the novel blends high-stakes adventure with the intricate textures of command, medicine, and moral ambiguity. With Patrick O’Brian’s signature command of nautical detail and character-driven tension, this is a story of endurance, friendship, and the thin line between order and desolation.
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paperback
Fontana
Published Jan 1, 1979
288 pages
ISBN: 9780006155867
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Details
First Published
1979
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Desolation Island by Patrick O'Brian.