Not at all my normal pick, but I really enjoyed this one! I love a good story that can combine history with adventure, and a sea voyage is most definitely an adventure! I love the attention to detail, noticed in both the dialogue and the description of the visual and other sensory aspects from the ship to the characters. Well told and easy to follow.

Thank you to Netgalley for the opportunity to read and give an honest review.. This is an historically accurate fictionalized story of the voyage of the USS Rappahanock to the new trade areas of the Pacific. It is not on par with 'Capain and Commander' or 'Horation Hornblower' but it gives a easy flowing adventure with clearly delineated good guys and bad guys. I would question the level of English language skills that 1819 Hawaiian native wouls have had. This story had all of them with near fluency which seemed a stretch.