NOW OUT FROM ANDREW WAREHAM: The First Lieutenant (The Call of the Sea Book 2). #CommissionEarned

UPDATE: Just saw this passage as I read:

Nick was puzzled. He had thought the government was opposed to smuggling.

“It is, as a matter of principle, but the politicians like to drink their wines and can get them nowhere else, so the smugglers flourish.”

“That is just a little corrupt, is it not, sir?”

“The whole concept of government is corrupt, Mr. Turnhouse. It is not for us to judge those who habitually inform us they are our betters.”

Sounds familiar.