Fitz the Filibuster

"Fitz the Filibuster" by George Manville Fenn is an action-packed nautical tale about a young midshipman named Fitz who leaps at the chance to escape his boring duties on a Channel-patrolling warship. Fitz's eagerness leads him to join a nighttime mission against smugglers, a decision that throws him headfirst into a dangerous Central American conflict. Hungry for adventure and keen to prove himself, Fitz finds himself in an intense situation where a sudden accident leaves him unconscious and aboard a strange schooner, changing the course of his naval journey altogether.