The Wine-Dark Sea (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780393035582)

At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue an American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean reminds Stephen of Homer's famous description, and portends an underwater volcanic eruption that will create a new island overnight and leave an indelible impression on the reader's imagination.

Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Jack will survive a desperate open boat journey and come face to face with his illegitimate black son; Stephen, caught up in the aftermath of his failed coup, will flee for his life into the high, frozen wastes of the Andes; and Patrick O'Brian's brilliantly detailed narrative will reunite them at last in a breathtaking chase through stormy seas and icebergs south of Cape Horn, where the hunters suddenly become the hunted.


Author: Patrick O'Brian
ISBN-10: 0393035581
ISBN-13: 9780393035582
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Language: English
Published: 11/17/1993
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.83w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 10/01/1993 pg. 254
Library Journal 10/15/1993
Publishers Weekly 08/30/1993