As a result of the happenings in Sporting Chance Heris finds herself owner of Sweet Delight. Initially she takes Lady Cecelia as a charter but suddenly finds herself commanding what for all practical reasons is a Fleet operation.

Intertwined with this is the Famous Five style adventure of the youngsters, as they get sent out to do some covert investigations no adults would be able to handle.

With this as a backdrop there is some elaboration on what happens in a society when those in power never grow old, never turn things over to the next generation; or the stratification that results when the rich lives on forever while the working classes gets born, live and die, without ever getting a chance to change their situation without violence. This theme never grows very strong, though, and those wishing for a more complex padding to this adventure will wait in vain.

Despite this I really enjoyed this book, just as I enjoyed the previous two. ( )

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