Nautical
Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys has written a fictionalized account of the single deadliest maritime tragedy in history, and the least known: the…
Gone to Sea in a Bucket
A promising new series debuts with David Black’s first Harry Gilmour novel. It’s the beginning of World War II, and…
A Hard, Cruel Shore: An Alan Lewrie Naval Adventure
The 22nd installment of Lewrie’s adventures unfolds in 1809, after the disaster at Corunna. The future Duke of Wellington is…
Captain in Calico
Readers know the late George MacDonald Fraser as the author of the Flashman series, that wickedly funny long-term diatribe on…
A Singular Captain
In 1518, the young king of Castile, Carlos V, decided to finance a five-ship expedition led by famous Portuguese navigator…
Winterwood: Rowankind, Book One
Rossalinde “Ross” Tremayne is a young widow who took up cross-dressing to carry on her husband’s pirating career during the…
Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World’s Superpowers
Winchester’s latest fascinating exploration is his largest subject ever: the Pacific Ocean. At 64 million square miles, it is home…
MacHugh and the Faithless Pirate
Old New York, 1694: Robert MacHugh, a wine merchant and smuggler, takes on a dangerous assignment at the request of…
The Assassin’s Honor
Heading into the holiday season of 1892, USN Commander Peter Wake is looking forward to weeks of easy exercises for…
A Certain Threat (The Merriman Chronicles Book 1)
“With Revolutionary agents travelling between Ireland and England and war with France inevitable, the English government is anxious to uncover…
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