Desolation Island is the fifth novel in the Aubrey/Maturin series by author Patrick O’Brian.
Jack’s bonus amount has stabilized the family accounts. If he continues innocently squandering it, it will be gone in two weeks. He receives a board of directors on Leopard, bound to Australia to rescue the hated and imprisoned Captain Bligh.
Patrick O’Brian captures an elemental definition of the meaning of life, falling in love, killing, planning and matching with you. The relationship between Captain Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin is one of the great friends in literature.
