HMS Nightingale
For Lieutenant Alexis Carew, it should be the perfect assignment — a command of her own and a chance to return to her home star system. What she finds is a surly crew, the dregs of every frigate and ship of the line to pass through on the way to the war’s front, a first officer who thinks the...
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For Lieutenant Alexis Carew, it should be the perfect assignment — a command of her own and a chance to return to her home star system. What she finds is a surly crew, the dregs of every frigate and ship of the line to pass through on the way to the war’s front, a first officer who thinks the command should have been his, and colonial worlds where they believe a girl’s pla
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ASIN: B01K3WCW50
Pages no: 425
Edition language: English
Series: Alexis Carew (#4)
The books in the Alexis Carew series are somewhat bizarre as Science Fiction goes. They are a mixture of modern science and throwbacks to the days of such characters as Horatio Hornblower. The ships travel faster than light and yet they have sails which are manually raised and taken down by the crew...