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An officer, a gentleman... and a sodomite. The first two earn honor and respect. The third, a
noose. Even as he finds himself falling in love with his shipmate, William Marshall, David Archer
realizes it is a hopeless passion. Not only is Will the son of a minister, his first act aboard ship
was to take pistol in hand and dispatch an older midshipman who made offensive advances. Davy realizes
that Will would probably not shoot him if he expressed his feelings, but their affectionate friendship
would surely end, once Marshall learned of Archer's "unnatural" yearnings...
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