Hades's Revenge
by Tolles, T. Lynne
Foreshadowing an impending war of independence with England, two young men from either ends of the political and financial spectrum are abducted by a pressgang and forced into service of King George's Royal Navy. Fate deals them another blow when a pirate ship captures and destroys the British vessel. The captain offers them a choice choose to be a pirate or die. They choose to live.