1. Action and Passion
Sinclair Noel Brodie Dysart—Sinbad from his initials—is intended for the Royal Navy until family catastrophe redirects him into the merchant service. Aboard the windjammer Valkyrie he encounters a violent captain, shipboard rivalries, murder, mutiny and storms, while boxing and hard labour test a young man whose…
2. Sinbad the Soldier
Sinbad Dysart exchanges the merchant service for soldiering and must adapt his independent temperament to military discipline. Training, regimental loyalties and frontier danger expose him to new forms of command and companionship, while unresolved questions from his earlier life complicate the relationships he tries to build.…
3. Fort in the Jungle
Sinbad Dysart undertakes intelligence work at a remote fortified post on the frontier between French-ruled Tonkin and China. The jungle, uncertain communications and competing colonial interests make information as important as weapons, while local alliances cannot be understood through European military assumptions alone. The third Sinbad…
4. The Disappearance of General Jason
The unexplained disappearance of General Jason draws Sinbad Dysart into an investigation that moves by land and sea and repeatedly undermines the obvious account of what happened. Military connections, private motives and misleading evidence make the missing man difficult to classify as victim, fugitive or architect…