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The Gun Ketch
First published 1993
In 1786, Alan Lewrie finally receives an independent command: the small but heavily armed HMS Alacrity. Sent to protect British commerce in the Caribbean, he must make an effective warship from a cramped vessel and a crew operating far from regular naval support.
Pirate attacks bring Lewrie into conflict with Calico Jack Finney, whose knowledge of island waters makes him difficult to catch. Marriage and responsibility appear to offer Lewrie a more settled life, but the pursuit forces him back into deception, boarding actions and a final reckoning at sea.
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