An Awkward Commission

Name: An Awkward Commission
Rating: 4.3 (461 reviews)

by David Donachie

Book 3 in the John Pearce series.

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John Pearce gains promotion, but his fellow Pelicans are sent to the Mediterranean under an officer he considers brutal and unfit. Determined to free them, Pearce first accepts a dangerous commission that draws him into the British occupation of Toulon.

The mission exposes him to naval politics, espionage and warfare ashore before he can confront the captain controlling his friends. His new rank gives him influence, but it also binds him more tightly to the service he entered by force.