Adventure
Blockade Runner
Shipping clerk Tom Wells impresses his employers in 1861 London so much that they entrust him with the administration of…
Privateer’s Apprentice
Jameson Cooper’s dream of becoming a printer like his father is dashed when his parents die of the pox and…
Honorable Lies
American naval intelligence officer Peter Wake embarks on a secret mission to Cuba to rescue two members of his network…
Hostile Shores: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure
Captain Alan Lewrie leaves his post in the Bahamas for London with word of the victory at Trafalgar and the…
Betrayal
Editors' choice
‘The repossession of Buenos Aires has been stained with such deliberate acts of treachery and perfidy as are not to…
My Own Revolution
Communism in Eastern Europe ended only a few decades ago. I grew up hearing about the social injustices behind the…
Saxon: The Book of Dreams
The Saxon of the title is Sigwulf, a minor Saxon prince. The novel opens with the slaughter of his family…
The Patriot’s Fate
It is 1798, and Ireland is rising up against her British masters. Two friends, Crowley and King — the one…
Son of Venice
A true romantic figure, Marco Polo captures the imagination like few others. In Son of Venice, Yang completes the story…
A Soldier’s Secret
Private Frank Thompson of the 2nd Michigan Volunteers is not your typical Civil War infantryman. He is also a battlefield nurse and…
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