<p>Freshly back from a year in the Indian Ocean, it is not long before Alexander Clay and the crew of the Titan are in action once more. This time they are sent on a secret mission across the Channel. Amongst the forests and marshes of Southern Brittany, a Royalist rebellion is building and the Government at home is keen to support it. But as the uprising grows, Clay finds himself being drawn into a world of deception, intrigue and treachery. Who is the charismatic rebel leader, Count D&rsquo;Arzon, and what is the secretive Major Fraser really up to? Meanwhile the settled community of the frigate&rsquo;s lower deck is disturbed by the arrival of a new recruit who appears to have strange mystical powers.<br />
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