The sixth of the Aubrey-Maturin series, this book opens in the Dutch East Indies although Aubrey and Maturin soon find themselves fighting the Americans in the War of 1812 -- and Maturin's love life becomes interesting again, as Diana Villiers, his long lost love, shows up in Boston.  (INS95, $14.95)

The Aubrey/Maturin Novels of Patrick O'Brian