The Spoils of Conquest: A Nathan Peake Novel, Guide 6 (The Nathan Peake Novels)

The Mouth of the Nile, ninth August, 1798: Admiral Nelson has despatched Captain Nathan Peake on a determined journey throughout the Center East to convey a grim warning to British India. Bonaparte’s military is poised to ship a deadly blow to the supply of Britain’s wealth and energy by marching overland to India. Arriving in Bombay, Nathan takes command of the East India Firm’s naval wing – the Bombay Marine – an under-armed and poorly crewed flotilla of sloops and gunboats. With these meager assets he should cease the movement of French provides to their Indian ally and defend the Firm’s commerce from the pirates and privateers swarming within the Bay of Bengal. However when Nathan discovers the reality behind the East India Firm’s honourable facade he confronts some robust private decisions.