Set in the 1800s, this trilogy of the House of Graves unites three intertwined adventure tales into one compelling historical narrative. Packed with actual memorable events, this novel sails across the world's oceans and five continents, encompassing three generations of the Graves family, brave and daring sea captains. Illuminated clearly are the complex and questionable intrigues of countries in turmoil during this tumultuous era in history. You will experience the brutality of the slave trade, nations at war, accurately recounted sea battles and the struggle of surviving the exotic yet treacherous orient. And through it all, deftly woven into the essential fabric of the story is the tender yet tragic romance of the young sea captain John Thomas Graves with the independent and beautiful Lady Evelyn Bunting, daughter of Lord Warfield Blackwood Bunting whose all-powerful business empire extends from England to his private army in India Add in Prince Monar, the massive former slave, Archibald Feng Yu-Shan, Leader of the Empire of the Sleeping Dragon and Soldier of Fortune, Trevor Falcon Sheffield St. Cloud, and you have the essence of a sea story.