The Nutmeg of Consolation

By Patrick O'Brian
384 pages

So I was just over half way through with the book when I lost it. Yeah I left it at a hotel? I'm not really sure where I left it. After searching my house  over and over I finally broke down and bought another copy. This is why I had a gap in the PO'B books.

So we start with Jack and company shipwrecked. They are rescued by some local traders (with the help of Stephen) and make it back to Bativia. With a new ship they head out for New South Wales. Along the way we have one battle on land, another on ship, rejoin the Surprise, and rescue Padeen aka Patrick Coleman.

I really enjoyed this volume. Quite a bit happened story wise. Jack was given the lead in the first half of the book, while Stephen and Martin occupied the main story storyline of the second half.

After the slowness of the last book I'm glad that this book was an exciting page turner. I look forward to the last 1/4 of the series.

Oh and I found my original copy. Figures. It was tucked into a pocket in my luggage that to my knowledge I've never used before. Nice.