Powder Monkey (Fox Book 1)

At eleven years old, George Abercrombie Fox is serving as a powder monkey, the lowest and most disposable boy on a British warship. Beaten and furious, he spends his first days aboard fantasizing about violent revenge against the officers and crew who treat him as nothing. Yet the boy is tough, and he learns quickly how to survive a navy where bigger men and harsh captains rule.

Over the years he climbs the ranks. He faces brutal discipline, the thunder of cannon fire and desperate hand-to-hand fights against French, Spanish and American enemies. This first volume follows his hard, unforgiving rise from a frightened child to a fighting sailor.