Ramage's Devil

A honeymoon cut short by war. A frigate in dangerous hands. And a rescue mission bound for Devil's Island.

Captain Lord Nicholas Ramage is enjoying his honeymoon in France when peace with Britain collapses. Suddenly, he and his new wife Sarah are enemy subjects in hostile territory and their French host has been arrested on Bonaparte's orders.

With soldiers searching for them, escape will demand disguise, nerve and an audacious plan involving a British brig surrendered to the French by mutineers.

But reaching the Royal Navy brings Ramage no relief. His beloved HMS Calypso has been placed under a captain whose drunken delusions threaten the lives of the officers and men Ramage trusts most.

And across the Atlantic, the friend who sheltered him faces transportation to the notorious penal colony of Devil's Island.

From the streets and anchorages of Brest to the treacherous waters off French Guiana, Ramage must confront enemies on both sides and risk everything to save those who cannot save themselves.

Packed with daring escapes, naval intrigue and fierce boarding actions, Ramage's Devil is the thirteenth adventure in Dudley Pope's classic Lord Ramage series perfect for readers of Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester and Alexander Kent.