Author's note

I could tell you this is about my family, or about my friends. But really this is about war in a ship in the middle of nothing, and about finding love in the people you thought would be the last you'd fall for.

I'm Noelia Castrillón Maturin, the Spanish niece of the surgeon. In town, everyone loved us but in the Surprise, as a woman, I'll have to strive for my place. It is quite easy, I only have to get the men on my side...

꧁Photo of the cover: taken from Internet꧂