Key To Honor; The, by Ronald Wanttaja, -- A perfect book for young adults 12-15 to read before the Patrick O'Brian series. The publisher thinks this is a boy's book but after two years of discussing which gender reads POB's books I know better. And I found this adult couldn't put the book down. 15 year old Midshipman Nate Lawton reports to the USS Chesapeake blockade in Boston by HMS Shannon. Nate is fatherless and seeking revenge because seven years earlier the English had "pressed" his father and impoverished his family. Hiding an even more personal shameful secret and groping for truths he might have learned from his father, Nate immediately runs athwartship 2nd Lieutenant Westcott who abhors Nate's blind acceptance of his natural gifts for which "others worked so hard." But it's Westcott that starts Nate on his search for honor. Of course, the Chesapeake meets the Shannon (I kept looking for Jack) and the book ends in an emotional uplifting moment every bit as throat-lumping as Jack's presence in the pillory. The line drawings of a ship and its rigging at the back of the book are a true joy; like watching a ship's construction and much easier to follow than most. Highly recommended, P, Pages 190. Ten Pages Of Drawings On Ship Nomenclature., 5.3 X8.4. List Price $9.99, Your price $8.45, Book Number B00240. Price Of Command; The by Ronald Wanttaja, --Midshipman Nate Lawton of Key to Honor appears again after his his moving story in The Key to Honor continuing his adventures and maturing by joining Oliver Hazard Perry on Lake Erie right smack in the center of the Perry-Elliot controversy. Chance has thrown Nate into second in command and his captain moves to make him a scapegoat as well. For young adults 12 and up. , P, Pages 330. , . List Price $9.99, Your price $8.45, Book Number B00482.