The Turn of Fate

<p>It is the autumn of 1864 and the Confederate raider <em>Palmetto </em>is in Far Eastern waters where an encounter with Malay pirates and an attack by hostile islanders have left her seriously undermanned.</p><p>Thomas Grover <em>Palmetto’s </em>captain must continue to elude the US warships hunting for his ship while somehow finding a way of recruiting replacements for his crew. Failure to accomplish this will compel him to undertake a hazardous return voyage to the American coast where the overwhelming strength of the US blockading fleet awaits his beleaguered vessel.</p>