Halfhyde Outward Bound

When Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde finds himself unexpectedly placed on shore on the half-pay list of the Royal Navy (following the debacle chronicled in Halfhyde on Zanatu), he decides to broaden his experience at sea on a merchantman bound for Sydney. His ship, the Aysgarth Falls, has an unsavory crew consisting primarily, it seems, of villains on the run from the police. Bad weather and outbreaks of fighting in the fo'c'sle herald the dangers ahead. In his efforts to uncover an illicit...