Gerald Poole, a young Englishman, is miserable when he is dispatched abroad aboard a naval vessel, and is reluctantly attended to by the cold and put-upon Lieutenant Jack Wicks - this tense relationship is interrupted and put under pressure when the two are kidnapped by pirates.
A novella with a little bit of adventure, M/M/M romance, and queerness in the 18th century Mediterranean!
CONTENT THEMES & WARNINGS (POTENTIAL SPOILERS):
This story is set at sea in the late 18th century, and throughout there is language and behaviour typical to the period, including racism, homophobia, and ableism throughout, as well as blood and violence. It's a kidnapping narrative, and therefore consent could be considered coerced, although everybody is enthusiastically consenting.
Although there is no label applied due to the period, two protagonists are depicted as ADHD, Gerald Poole and Orion Thwaites.