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The Monsoon [047-4.3]

By: Wilbur Smith

Synopsis:

It is the dawn of the eighteenth century. At the farthest edge of theknown world, the mighty Eastern India Trading Company sufferscatastrophic losses from pirates on the high seas.

After four years away from service, master mariner Sir Hal Courtney prepares for his latest and most dangerous voyage, a death or glory missionin the name of Empire and the Crown.

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Copyright (0 Wilbur Smith 1999

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I dedicate this book to my wife Danielle Antoinette whose love down allthe years has been the monsoon wind that, constant and MW" has given mylife direction.

The three boys came up through the gill behind the chapel, so that theywere hidden from the big house and the stables. Tom, the eldest, ledthem as he always did, but the youngest brother was close on his heels,and when Tom paused where the stream made its first turn above thevillage he renewed his argument.

"Why do I always have to be the cat? Why can I never join in the fun,Tom?

"Because you are the littlest," Tom told him, with lordly authority. Hewas surveying the tiny hamlet below them, which was now visible in theslot of the ravine.