Used paperback in good condition. Cover and pages show minimal wear. Pages with usual age discolouration. 350 pages. Published by Fontana Books, 1977. ISBN 0006147488.

Lieutenant Lord Ramage is summoned to the Admiralty, where the First Lord gives him command of the brig Triton and three sealed despatches addressed to the admirals off Brest and Cadiz and in the Caribbean.

But like the rest of the Navy, Triton's crew has mutinied. Ramage, sympathizing with some of their complaints, also knows that if he fails to deliver the dispatches he will be a convenient scapegoat for the Admiralty.