Explosive foray into the early, heady days of Singapore!
Captain Hawk (Hawk's Legacy Series Book 1) by SJ Garland Mad dogs and Englishman go out in the noon day sun! Ah! Cricket, in Singapore, I can't even contemplate it. Even the thought of the heat makes me feel faint. Apparently cricket is part of the expat life in Singapore at the time of Sir Stamford Raffles and the First Resident, William Farquhar. Singapore in 1823 was the new trading frontier on the Malay Peninsula--a clearing house for rare spices, silks and porcelains from China. A place where the quest for riches vies with the unruliness of fortune seekers, trade ships and their crews, the Chinese secret organizations, and the Dutch threat. Nathaniel Hawk has come to Singapore at his fathers request, only to find him gone, out testing a new ship. His father, Captain Sebastian Hawk, a renowned captain for the East India company is due back soon. Only Captain Hawk doesn't return! From a handful of survivors it's determined that his ship was sunk by a rumoure...