title: Command: A Kydd Sea Adventure (Kydd Sea Adventures)
author:  Julian Stockwin 
description: <div></div><div>"Stockwin's richly detailed . . . portrait of life on ship and shore in Britain's oceanic empire is engrossing. He writes evocatively of shipboard routine, the panic and confusion of combat, and the terrifying approach of a storm at sea, and he knows how to stage enthralling action scenes."&#160; &#8212;<I>Publisher's Weekly</I></div><br /><br /><div></div><div>"Likable Tom and his shipmates make a snug fit in that page-turning Forester and O'Brian tradition&#8212;thanks to retired Royal Navy author Stockwin."&#160; &#8212;<I>Kirkus Reviews</I></div>
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  MASQUERADE
  
  
  by the Sea
  
  
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  Copyright © 2015 Traci Hall
  
  
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  Contents
  
  
  [Chapter One](part0000_split_005.html#_Toc24819163)
  
  
  [Chapter Two](part0000_split_006.html#_Toc24819164)
  
  
  [Chapter Three](part0000_split_007.html#_Toc24819165)
  
  
  [Chapter Four](part0000_split_008.html#_Toc24819166)
  
  
  [Chapter Five](part0000_split_009.html#_Toc24819167)
  
  
  [Chapter Six](part0000_split_010.html#_Toc24819168)
  
  
  [Chapter Seven](part0000_split_011.html#_Toc24819169)
  
  
  [Chapter Eight](part0000_split_012.html#_Toc24819170)
  
  
  [Chapter Nine](part0000_split_013.html#_Toc24819171)
  
  
  [Chapter Ten](part0000_split_014.html#_Toc24819172)
  
  
  [Chapter Eleven](part0000_split_015.html#_Toc24819173)
  
  
  [Chapter Twelve](part0000_split_016.html#_Toc24819174)
  
  
  [Chapter Thirtee