O'Brian, Patrick

The first volume of the Aubrey/Maturin novels introduces Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin, ship's surgeon and intelligence agent, in the age of the Napoleonic wars.

Captain Aubrey stakes all on a desperate solo night raid against the might of the Spanish viceroy in Peru.

Peter Palafox and his lifelong friend, Sean, sign on as midshipmen, hoping to find their fortune across the ocean and see more of the world.

Captain Jack Aubrey, and ship's doctor and spy Stephen Maturin, encounter castaways, shipwrecks, and murder when they set sail for Cape Horn on a mission to foil an American frigate's plan to sabotage English whalers.

Two men, Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's doctor and intelligence agent, become fast friends aboard a man-of-war ship during the Napoleonic wars.