Hazard of Huntress

Description

It is January 1855, and the Crimean War rages on. With the dreaded Crimean winter upon them, the allied troops may have to endure the bitter cold under canvas, waiting for a springtime siege of Sebastopol. Desperate to put an end to this standoff, the British devise a dangerous plan, in which Phillip Hazard, the new commander of the steam-powered Huntress, must act as a spy. Under sealed orders, Hazard sails to Odessa, along with his brother Graham and his rough-and-ready crew from the Trojan. After smuggling himself ashore, Hazard is forced to rely on his duplicitous first lieutenant as his only means of escape from the enemy.