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In this seventh book of the series, Thomas Kydd is master of his own brig-sloop Teazer and he must race the clock to make her battle-ready to defend Malta against Barbary pirates and the French, who...

In this seventh book of the series, Thomas Kydd is master of his own brig-sloop Teazer and he must race the clock to make her battle-ready to defend Malta against Barbary pirates and the French, who...

Captain Thomas Kydd's first mission after the triumph of Trafalgar is to capture and protect a fragile new British colony: 19th century Cape Town. Following the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar,...

Author: Marcus PalliserPublisher: Mcbooks PressPublication Date: September 01, 2020Number of Pages: 352 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1493048848ISBN-13: 9781493048847

When a US Embassy in South-East Asia is bombed by followers of terrorist Osama bin Laden, the US and UK decide it is time to act against the terrorist leader by striking at his stronghold in...

The Allies are poised for the invasion of Italy. Yet the Germans hold a vital card: a floating dock, the only one in the Adriatic large enough to take a major warship. Moored at a small port near...

1843: Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater's career concludes as he is drawn from retirement and embarks on the paddle-steamer Vestal for a final mission to inspect lighthouses on the west coast of England,...

Free from jail, John Pearce is not free from the smugglers whose boat he stole - they want bloody revenge and are prepared to chase him to the ends of the earth to get it.Author: David...

Author: Terry MortPublisher: McBooks PressPublication Date: Dec 01, 2021Number of Pages: 304 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 149306195XISBN-13: 9781493061952

In this final book of the Hazard series, Stuart brings the Indian Mutiny alive as Commander Phillip Hazard finds himself in the thick of the battle, desperately trying to rescue survivors and facing...

Credited with vividly recreating an early chapter in American history with his first novel, A Matter of Honor, William C. Hammond continues the seafaring adventures of the prominent Massachusetts...

The Crimean War has ended at last, and Phillip Hazard finds himself in China, serving under the fiery Commodore Keppel. The British pull off a rousing victory against a Chinese junk fleet at Fatsham...

The year is 1793 and after four years spent ashore, the thrill of the high seas awaits Alan Lewrie once more. Finding life as a gentleman farmer and family man oppressive, Lewrie is gratified when...

Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is once again dispatched to Africa. This time, his mission is to help capture a British traitor who carries secret blueprints of British warships. Assisted...

When the Russians establish a naval presence in the Bight of Benin off West Africa, the Admiralty is worried. Will the Russians threaten British interest? Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is sent to...

In Andalusia, Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is sent by the unpredictable Captain Watkiss on a secret mission ashore: to aid the Queen's Messenger, who is being pursued by nefarious Spanish agents...

All is not well on Zanatu: the idyllic Polynesian island is in rebellion, and the British Navy sends Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde to find out why. Halfhyde steams to investigate, braving typhoons...

Under the guise of delivering an obsolete battleship to the Chilean government, Watkiss and Halfhyde learn that their real purpose is to safeguard British interests in South America from aggressive...

With a ship to call his own at last, Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde sails for the Dardanelles in command of the little torpedo-boat Vendetta, part of a flotilla sent to rescue a British...

Royal Navy Lieutenant St. Vincent Halfhyde is assigned as second-in-command of the heavy cruiser Viceroy and ordered to a volcanic island that has recently surfaced in the north Pacific. The...

Set in Havana in 1863 during the American Civil War, the Spanish colonial city was alive with intrigue and war-related espionage. The protagonist - a young American ship captain by the name of...

To break the stalemate in the Crimea, where the Russian city of Sebastopol still stands strong against the allies' siege, the British must search for unlikely help among the self-reliant mountain...

The Crimean War rages on. Determined to break the stalemate, the British decide to send a spy into Odessa. And who better for this perilous mission than Captain Phillip Hazard, newly promoted to...

The Crimean War is at its peak as the winter of 1854 sets in, and Commander Phillip Hazard of the 31-gun, steam-screw frigate Trojan is sent to bring troop reinforcements from Constantinople to...

With his own boat, the motor yacht Sea Fox, former naval officer Philip Vivian had hoped to earn a living free from the petty restrictions of everyday life, close to the sea he loved. Now, however,...

How Dark the Night continues the seafaring adventures of the Cutler family by picking up the action where the fourth volume, A Call to Arms, ends in 1805. The years leading up to the War of 1812 were...

Author: Richard WoodmanPublisher: Mcbooks PressPublication Date: Sep 01, 2021Number of Pages: 256 pagesLanguage: EnglishBinding: PaperbackISBN-10: 1493060929ISBN-13: 9781493060924

Copenhagen Harbor is on fire . . . 1807. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd resumes command of Tyger and is ordered to join a great armada on a desperate mission to pressure the Danish Crown Prince to turn his...

Volume #17 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series. Captain Sir Thomas Kydd returns to take up command of his ship Tyger and finds himself called to be part of a great armada on a mission...

Inside stories of some of the greatest prizefights of all time, including Floyd Patterson-Ingemar Johansson II, Joe Frazier-George Foreman I, and The Fight of the Century: Muhammad Ali-Joe Frazier I...