![A three-masted frigate -- an age of sail vessel -- surges through blue waves.](https://sites.lafayette.edu/newquisk/files/2017/08/cover-blue-at-the-mizzen-2.jpg)
The final book in Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Mautrin series, which follows the adventures of the H.M.S. Surprise in the 1800s. It’s a bittersweet end that provides a satisfying conclusion to lead character Captain Jack Aubrey’s career, but it’s also the last book that O’Brian wrote before his untimely death.