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Book Two
The second book centers on two major events, each affecting one of the groups of characters already introduced. The first event involves a 1782 sea battle that ensured British sovereignty over St. Lucia. Leading up to his retelling of the Battle of the Saints, Walcott takes us back to meet a young midshipman on a spy mission for British Admiral Rodney in a distant Dutch port two hundred years earlier. Next he brings us across the Atlantic to witness Rodney's simultaneous preparations for the defense of St. Lucia. Rodney singles out one of the slaves struggling to...

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