Court Martial (Fox Book 7)
FOX ON TRIAL<br /><br />In Nelson's day the punishments inflicted by the Royal Navy were notoriously brutal and barbaric.<br /><br />George Abercrombie Fox, ruthless and ambitious hero of "Treasure" and "Blood for Breakfast", must face the deadly consequences of his rapacious search for gold<br /><br />For now Fox was on trial for desertion and cowardice — with a guilty verdict a guarantee that he'd be hung ... drawn ... and quartered. Exactly the vengeance his superiors had plotted!<br /><br /><i>FOX IS NOT THE NOBLE HERO OF TRADITIONAL FICTION. FOX IS A FIGHTING MAN WHO TRANSCENDS HEROISM — HE DOESN’T CARE HOW HE WINS AS LONG AS HE WINS. HE’S MEAN, CUNNING AND MOST VICIOUS WHEN TRAPPED. THERE’S NO WAY TO OUTFOX FOX!</i><br /><br />Adam Hardy was a pen name used by Kenneth Bulmer (1921-2005). A prolific writer, Bulmer wrote over 160 novels and many short stories, both under his real name and various pen names. He is best known for science fiction, including his long-running Dray Prescot series of planetary romances, but he wrote in many genres.