HMS Castor of the East Indian fleet is slave-cruising on the coasts of Arabia and East Africa. One torrid day in July sub-lieutenant Ned Rollo is enjoying some ship biscuit full of weevils when a suspicious dhow is sighted. A legitimate trader or a slave-dhow transporting its cargo of wretched humanity? A case for the Royal Navy! The British frigate gives chase and the sailors prepare for the worst.
This volume contains eight gripping short stories...