Ruth Fletcher, recently widowed, leaves the isolated island of St
Helena in 1844, seeking a new life. She plans to marry the captain
of HMS Intrepid who has offered her passage on his frigate to
Europe on completion of their anti-slavery patrols. What promised
to be a routine cruise rapidly descends into a battle with slavers
and Ruth is introduced to the ships doctor and the treatment of his
injured patients. Her interest in medicine grows despite the
profession being exclusively male. Ruth leaves the security of the
frigate and her life swiftly spirals out of her control and into
the hands of others. She fights for control of her identity, but is
then obliged to confront the ultimate test; to protect the lives of
those she loves or disobey the most fundamental injunction of the
Hippocratic Oath. Tom Fox is a nom de plume for a retired surgeon.
This is his third novel. He lives in the Midlands with his wife and
has three grown up children.
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