Táto autorka, píšuca pod pseudonymom, sa preslávila svojimi pútavými historickými románmi, ktoré často zasadzujú čitateľov do napínavého sveta námorných bitiek a hrdinských činov. Jej štýl sa vyznačuje precíznym vykreslením historického prostredia a schopnosťou vtiahnuť čitateľov do dramatických udalostí 18. storočia. Prostredníctvom svojich postáv skúma témy cti, odvahy a morálnych dilem v časoch vojnového konfliktu. Jej práce sú cenené pre svoju schopnosť oživiť minulosť a ponúknuť čitateľom napínavý literárny zážitok.
Captain Charles Hayden has orders to destroy a French frigate sailing from Le Havre and to gather intelligence from a royalist spy. On discovering French plans for an imminent attack on British soil, Hayden must return to Portsmouth to give warning before it is too late. But the enemy have been lying in wait for him, and so begins a dangerous chase out into the Atlantic and into the midst of a French squadron.
'Fire as she bears. Rake her, lads.' Winter, 1793. Newly promoted Master and Commander Charles Hayden's orders are to deliver the frigate HMS Themis to Lord Admiral Hood, whose fleet is sheltering in the Mediterranean. Only hours out of port, however, and the Themis is engaging with the French navy.
Born to an English father and a French mother, lieutenant Charles Saunders Hayden's career is damned by his ?mixed? heritage. Assigned to the HMS Themis , an aging frigate under the command of a captain reviled by his crew for both his brutality towards his men and his cowardice in battle, Hayden is torn between honor and duty, as the British navy engages the French in a centuries-old struggle for power.