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Galley Officer
Peter Glassborow
其他書名
Book #2 in the Sea Soldier Series
出版Independently Published, 2017-10-05
主題Fiction / Action & Adventure
ISBN15498855619781549885563
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=2mAqswEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Thousands of year ago in the Mediterranean Sea a decades long war is raging. Philip has already been a soldier, a sergeant of marines and a slave rower who escaped in a revolt. Now he is an officer on a fighting galley. As the war continues he fights in sea battles where the enemy is starting to use massive galleys that seem impossible to fight against. Then suddenly until there is a truce, and there are great hopes that the war might be over.During the truce Philip is sent to take part in an attack on a pirate stronghold. He personally leads a near impossible attack up a precipitous cliff path to overrun the stronghold. Hailed as a hero he finds himself mixing with the rich and powerful, and sees again the woman he lusts after. She and Philip have been lovers before, but her rich family controls her closely, keeping Philip away.The truce collapses and fighting on land and at sea rages again. Philip and other marines are sent to help the army lay siege to an enemy held town. A tunnel is dug under its walls, Philip leads a party through it into the town to open the gates for his army to flood in. Once again he is hailed as a hero and receives a large reward.Although Philip is now regarded as one of his people's greatest fighters he loses close friends in the war, even his original galley falls to the ravages of time and war and is broken up.Feted by senior officers and the rich, Philip tries to avoid the intrigues that go with such people. He invests his money with the widow of a friend. Unusually she has taken over her husband's merchant business and promises Philip she can make him a lot of money.With his new fame and a promotion Philip wonders how far he might go in the navy, and although he wants an end to the war it does seem to give him unlimited opportunities for what he enjoys, adventure and wealth.