The rousing tale of a mission to the Mascarene Islands to take Rodriguez, Mauritius and Reunion from the French and install a proper British governor. It's the fourth of the series of hugely popular Aubrey-Maturin novels, rich in the geopolitics and ambience of the Napoleanic-era British navy.  (SEY18, $14.95)

The Aubrey/Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian