By the Mast Divided: A John Pearce Adventure Donachie David
By the Mast Divided: A John Pearce Adventure Donachie David London, 1793: In this first installment of the popular high-seas nautical adventure series, young firebrand John Pearce, on the run from…
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By the Mast Divided: A John Pearce Adventure Donachie David
London, 1793: In this first installment of the popular high-seas nautical adventure series, young firebrand John Pearce, on the run from the authorities, is illegally press-ganged from the Pelican Tavern into brutal life aboard HMS Brilliant, a frigate on its way to war. But Pearce is not alone; he is drawn to a disparate group of men pressed alongside him who eventually form an exclusive gun crew, the Pelicans, with Pearce their elected leader. Shipboard life is hard, brutal, and dangerous--that anyone chooses it suggests that life ashore is even worse.
The one light on the horizon is the captain's wife, Emily, who is also aboard and new to life at sea. The Pelicans find solidarity in facing together the cruelty of their hard-nosed captain, Barclay, and the daily threat of bullying, flogging--even murder. During an action-packed two weeks, as HMS Brilliant chases a French privateer
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