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Following the naval victories of the War of 1812 and the Second Barbary War, the United States is finally expanding its navy to take a place of prominence in world affairs. Bliven Putnam, now Captain of the sloop of war Rappahannock, has come into his own as a leader and is ordered to the Pacific. But with this new tour of duty to last more than two years, his patient wife, Clarity, unwilling to accept such a brief time together, at last puts her foot down. If she can't keep Putnam with her, then she'll just have to go with him.
As Putnam sets sail for his new home port in Honolulu, Clarity joins a new missionary effort from Boston to Hawaii. On their respective paths, the Putnams encounter a new breed of pirate and meet an unexpected force of nature: Kahumanu, the formidable queen of the Hawaiian Islands. Inspried by the real-life Olowalu Massacre and the famed Congregationalist missoin of 1819, this third outing will be unlike any adventure the Putnams have faced before.
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- ISBN: 9780698164086
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- ISBN: 9780698164086
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September 15, 2019
Haley (A Darker Sea, 2017) continues his string of naval adventures starring Captain Bliven Putnam with a yarn that opens in 1817 and the USS Rappahonnock patrolling the Gulf of Mexico in search of slave traders. After delivering the liberated people from one ship in Boston, Putnam is sent to the Pacific. Unable to bear another separation from her husband, Clarity enterprisingly sails with Christian missionaries to Hawaii, where she becomes acquainted with Hawaii's queen as she awaits Bliven's arrival. As Putnam carries out his mission to battle pirates in the Strait of Malacca, and show the flag in Canton, where he learns that the notorious, now newly enraged Captain Jakob Saeger is en route to Hawaii, bent on vengeance against people he believes cheated him. Putnam pursues; too late to prevent a massacre, he lays a trap for Saeger, which springs in a cannon-firing finale. Brimming with Haley's signature delight in nautical detail and suspense, this entertaining tale stokes readers' expectations for more of Putnam's high-seas exploits.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2019, American Library Association.)
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