Ramage and the Rebels

The Caribbean is crawling with privateers — and Captain Nicholas Ramage has orders to hunt them down.

Sent to the Spanish Main aboard HMS Calypso, with the fast schooner Créole in support, Ramage expects a hard campaign against French, Spanish and Dutch raiders preying on British merchantmen. But after discovering the butchered passengers and crew of the Tranquil, the mission becomes something far more personal.

Following the privateers to Curaçao, Ramage finds the Dutch colony already on the brink of disaster. Armed revolutionaries and French privateers have turned against their supposed allies, burning settlements and threatening to sack the capital. With the island's governor desperate for help, Ramage is drawn into a conflict where diplomacy may prove as dangerous as battle.

Outnumbered and far from reinforcement, he must rely on audacity, deception and the loyalty of Calypso's crew to capture enemy ships, confront a ruthless rebel leader and prevent Curaçao from falling into chaos.

Packed with ingenious naval tactics, daring boarding actions and Caribbean intrigue, Ramage and the Rebels is a classic Age of Sail adventure and Book IX of Dudley Pope's celebrated Lord Ramage series.