China Flyer - Adam Horne Author:Porter Hill The East India Company's Bombay Marines were the toughest and roughest bunch of soldier sailors on the Indian Ocean -- and they did all of the Company's dirty work. But the Bombay Marines saved the dirtiest and deadliest missions for one man -- Captain Adam Home.... — West Coast of India -- 1762 — When he arrived in Madras, Captai... more »n Home had no idea what his new mission would entail, but the Company never called on him for ordinary business. One of East India's senior merchants, George Fanshaw, had stolen one of its finest ships, the China Flyer. Fanshaw was heading for China to secure his fortune -- and to cut the Company out of its own market. The South China Sea was a dangerous place and an inexperienced sailor could be lost there for an eternity -- especially without the charts the renegade merchant took with him. But Captain Adam Home was no amateur -- he was the only man capable of sailing blind and capturing the... China Flyer.« less