This sequel to In Distant Waters is a story of treachery and greed set on board the frigate HM Patrician. Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater accepts an assignment to carry silver down the Chinese coast, but the ship is overcrowded with prisoners and a dramatic encounter is about to take place.;Other novels by Richard Woodman featuring Nathaniel Drinkwater include An Eye of the Fleet, A King's Cutter, The Bomb Vessel and Baltic Mission.
- ISBN10 0312044054
- ISBN13 9780312044053
- Publish Date 1 July 1990 (first published 25 May 1989)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 May 2011
- Publish Country US
- Imprint St. Martin's Press
- Edition Us ed.
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 247
- Language English