The Jamaica Station

Carlisle and Holbrooke Naval Adventures, Book 3

By: Chris Durbin

Narrated by: David Lane Pusey

It is 1757, and the British navy is regrouping from a slow start to the Seven Years War.

A Spanish colonial governor and his family are pursued through the Caribbean by a pair of mysterious ships from the Dutch island of St. Eustatius. The British frigate Medina rescues the governor from his hurricane-wrecked ship, leading Captain Edward Carlisle and his first lieutenant George Holbrooke into a web of intrigue and half-truths. Are the Dutchmen operating under a letter of marque, or are they pirates, and why are they hunting the Spaniard? Only the diplomatic skills of Carlisle’s aristocratic wife, Lady Chiara, can solve the puzzle.

When Carlisle is injured, the young Holbrooke must grow up quickly. Under his leadership, Medina takes part in a one-sided battle with the French that will influence a young Horatio Nelson to choose the navy as a career.

The Jamaica Station follows the colonial post-captain and the Leeward Islands Squadron as the third of the Carlisle and Holbrooke naval adventures. The series will record the exploits of the two men through the Seven Years War and into the period of turbulent relations between Britain and her American colonies in the 1760s.

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Enjoyable

I enjoyed this audio book. Good history, ripping yarn, and well delivered. My only question: where is the rest of the series? I’m looking foto the rest.

Why change?!

The narrator really stood out, in a bad way, imo. Every character has the same clipped way of speaking. Budget or time constraints maybe led to the change in voice actors but it’s an absolute downgrade. Still a good story though just disappointed by the narrator

Aubrey–Maturin (Master and Commander) series equal

It has been a long time since I completed the Aubrey–Maturin (Master and Commander) books and have been seeking an equivalent series, which I found in the Carlisle and Holbrooke stories. The only objection is I prefer Steven Crossley narration to David Lane Pusey.

Part three in a spellbinding maritime series of books

Chris Durbin continues to we’ve science, history, drama, intrigue, and a quick wit into a most compelling series based around the wartime adventures of Carlisle and Holbrook in the French and Indian war. I highly recommend the series and cannot wait to start book for.

Story better than narrator

I enjoyed the three books in this series, but found the new narrator to be distracting and somewhat confusing. Much preferred narrator for the first two books