An Independent Command

Lieutenant James Rutherford of the Honourable East India Company is unexpectedly appointed to command the Spartan, a newly converted steam warship, and tasked with hunting down a notorious Chinese pirate. What begins as a seemingly straightforward mission soon spirals into a perilous adventure where the hunter becomes the hunted. Set in the mid-nineteenth century Far East, "An Independent Command" promises a thrilling narrative filled with intrigue and danger. This marks Martin Hicks' thirteenth book, with a sequel currently in the works.