num_pages: 10
description: [Read by Simon Vance]Third in the series of 'Aubrey-Maturin' adventures and full of daring rescues, colorful characters, high seas adventure, and vivid historical detail, this novel will grab you from the start and never loosen its grip.HMS Surprise is set among the strange sights and smells of the Indian subcontinent and in the distant waters ploughed by the ships of the East India Company. Aubrey is on the defensive, pitting wits and seamanship against an enemy enjoying overwhelming local superiority. But somewhere in the Indian Ocean lies the prize that could make him rich beyond his wildest the ships sent by Napoleon to attack the China Fleet.
language: English
title: H.M.S. 'Surprise'
titlecomplete: H.M.S. 'Surprise' (Aubrey/Maturin Book 3)
characters: Jack Aubrey, Stephen Maturin
genres: Fiction, Novels, British Literature, Historical, War, Historical Fiction, Literature, Adventure, Military Fiction, Audiobook
ratings_count: 18544
series: Aubrey & Maturin
publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.