The First To Land - (The Blackwood Family: Book 2): an adrenalin-fuelled, all-action naval adventure from the master sto

1899, China. The Mandarins are becoming troublesome again and there are rumors that attacks will soon begin on British trade missions and legations. Captain David Blackwoodof the Royal Marines, received a VC in the bloody battle for Benin, Africa but is now being packed off to this apparent backwater.