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A Return to Duty
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 9781493087341
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-09-03
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-09-03
Imprint: McBooks Press
258 Pages
The 8th Cutler Family Chronicles novel is set in Massachusetts and the Far East in the early 1850s as the influx of opium into New England endangers the very fabric of America. Family loyalties, morals, and passions are woven into a plot that threatens to undo not only the prosperity of the seafaring Cutler family, but also those of American society.
The Force of Fate
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 9781493077847
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-09-03
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-09-03
Imprint: McBooks Press
296 Pages
Volume #9 in the thrilling adventure series featuring Nathan Peake, British naval officer and spy. The British government sends Peake on a dangerous mission to the eastern seaboard of the United States, where a French delegation is headed with the hopes of forging an alliance with the pro-slavery Southern states and establishing powerful naval bases to attack British interests in the western Atlantic. And as the 1806 Battle of the Atlantic reaches the mouth of the Chesapeake, the Eastern Seaboard is about to be hit by one of the worst hurricanes in history.
The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower
A Biography of C. S. Forester's Famous Naval Hero
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493084098
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-04-02
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-04-02
Imprint: McBooks Press
368 Pages
Drawn from the Hornblower series as well as from Parkinson's knowledge of the Royal Navy, this classic biography of the popular fictional hero is as entertaining as the C. S. Forester novels themselves.
Endangered Species
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493081066
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-04-02
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-04-02
Imprint: McBooks Press
336 Pages
Captain John Mackinnon and his ship, the Matthew Flinders, are embarking on their last voyage. Both endangered species, they symbolize the irreversible, quiet decline of the British merchant fleet. But this journey to Hong Kong will prove to be anything but quiet, with unrest among the crew, a deadly typhoon, and a daring rescue of a boatload of Vietnamese refugees. Mackinnon faces an explosive chain of events that will lead to mutiny, confrontation with authorities, and the greatest challenge of his career.
Portsmouth Point
The British Navy in Fiction, 1793–1815
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781590138069
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-04-02
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-04-02
Imprint: McBooks Press
168 Pages
Originally published in 1949, Portsmouth Point is a captivating look into the British naval experience during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Parkinson, a naval historian, uses excerpts from the writings of real Age of Sail officers, midshipmen, and crew to create a semi-fictitious collection of naval stories covering all aspects of life aboard England’s “wooden walls.”
Son of Blood
A Crusades Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076178
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-03-05
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-03-05
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #1 in the Crusades trilogy. Under Robert Guiscard, the de Hautevilles have grown in importance and power throughout Italy and, through the Papacy, all of Christendom. Now it is Robert’s son Bohemund’s turn to take up arms. The opportunity to fight under the papal banner in the Holy Lands could bring him the glory and riches he desires, and which have been cruelly denied him elsewhere.
Prince of Legend
A Crusades Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076222
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-03-05
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-03-05
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #3 in the Crusades trilogy. The crusading armies go from besieging the citadel of Antioch to themselves being besieged. Although Bohemund, leader of the Apulian Normans, takes a firm grip on the city, his depleted army is thinned by death, disease, and defection. Meanwhile, Tancred is the first onto the walls of Jerusalem and a leader when it comes to entering the Holy City, but it remains to be seen if he will rise to become the Prince of Legend.
Soldier of Crusade
A Crusades Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076215
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-03-05
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-03-05
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #2 in the Crusades trilogy. Bohemund and his nephew head east to the lands of the Byzantine Empire as part of the greatest military expedition of medieval times: the Papal Crusade. But the Normans never pass into a new territory without an eye to the notion of gaining land and power, and this is no exception. Meanwhile, on his own mission to wrest land for himself, the wily emperor Comnenus will play the deciding role in Bohemund’s story.
Inferno
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493075072
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
448 Pages
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 of the utmost urgency: to secure Britain’s position with neutral Denmark. Soon after, Kydd finds himself witness to the poignant sight of the entire surrendered Danish fleet sailing out of Copenhagen harbor.
Pasha
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493075034
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
360 Pages
Volume #15 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series featuring naval hero Thomas Kydd. Word has come from the British ambassador that the neutral Turks are being wooed by the French. If the ancient city of Constantinople falls into their hands, Napoleon's route to India will be unrestricted and his plans for world domination made a reality. Kydd returns to sea to assist and must also find a way to free Renzi from a Turkish prison.
Conquest
A Conquest Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076260
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-02-06
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-02-06
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #3 in the Conquest trilogy. At the head of the de Hauteville family stands Robert, who has only one aim: to expand his power by military conquest. Roger, the youngest of the brothers, is a great fighter and canny politician. In company—and sometimes in conflict—with Robert, he will seek to raise the family to become rulers in their own right. Their chosen enemies are the mighty Saracen Emirs of Sicily, and conquest comes before all . . . even if the path is not easy.
Tyger
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493075058
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #16 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series featuring naval hero Thomas Kydd. When Kydd finds himself in hot water with the Admiralty, he is punished for his indiscretion by being given command of a mutiny ship, Tyger. On board, he faces challenges from a hostile and dejected crew as they voyage to the far north and the Baltic. The measure of his success will ultimately be tested in battle against three Prussian frigates.
Mercenaries
A Conquest Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076246
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-02-06
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-02-06
Imprint: McBooks Press
378 Pages
Volume #1 in the Conquest trilogy. 1033, on the Normandy border: Six brothers, trained since birth to become great warriors, prepare to experience their first taste of battle. Following in their father’s footsteps, the sons of Tancred de Hauteville are knights with but one true purpose: to fight. Nothing matters more to a Norman of noble birth than skillful swordsmanship and victory in battle – and the de Hautevilles are used to winning.
Warriors
A Conquest Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076253
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-02-06
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-02-06
Imprint: McBooks Press
348 Pages
Volume #2 in the Conquest trilogy. The loyalty of brothers . . . the betrayal of warriors. In eleventh-century Italy, William de Hauteville, oldest of the mercenary de Hauteville brothers, and his men are the Lombards' greatest hope of overcoming the might of Byzantium.
Betrayal
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493074990
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-10-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-10-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
354 Pages
Volume #13 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series featuring naval hero Thomas Kydd. Navigating the treacherous bars and mud flats of the River Plate in Buenos Aires, the British invasion force takes the capital and a hoard of Spanish silver. When Kydd's men must face resistance and the betrayal of their closest allies, can they save themselves and their prize?
Caribbee
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493075010
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-10-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-10-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
330 Pages
Volume #14 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series. Naval hero Thomas Kydd is claimed by the Leeward Islands station, exchanging the harsh situation in South America for the delights of the Caribbean. Meanwhile in Europe, Napoleon is triumphant on land and finds a way to take revenge for Trafalgar. When Kydd is accused of murder, an element from his past may just provide him the means to clear his name.
The Sword of Revenge
A Roman Republic Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493075966
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
506 Pages
Volume #2 in the Roman Republic trilogy. Rome has lost its greatest warrior – for Aulus, the doom-laden prophecy of forty years earlier has come to pass. It is now left to Lucius to defy the oracle’s curse alone, and the corrupt and powerful senator leaves nothing to chance in his bid to survive. But one boy, alone in the world, holds the key to his fate – and the future of the Republic.
A River in Borneo
A Tale of the East Indies
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493075164
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-08
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-08
Imprint: McBooks Press
242 Pages
In 1964, during the Far Eastern war euphemistically called ‘Confrontation,’ British Royal Marine Lieutenant Charles Kirton makes a most extraordinary discovery amid the dense mangrove swamps bordering a river in Borneo. From this highly charged opening sequence, the story flashes back a century to 1867, revealing the truth behind this strange event, when young Henry Kirton, second officer of the auxiliary steamship River Tay, is dumped ashore in Singapore, badly injured by a fall from the rigging of his ship.
Honour Be Damned
A Markham of the Marines Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076154
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
238 Pages
Volume #3 of the Markham of the Marines trilogy. As the war with France drags on, the Revolution is turning on itself. Markham and his men are assigned to the sloop Syilphide under the impetuous Captain Germain and must escort a group of French Royalists behind enemy lines. It is not long before Germain's foolhardy hunt for glory throws Markham into the midst of a desperate ship-to-ship action.
The Gods of War
A Roman Republic Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493075997
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
476 Pages
Volume #3 in the Roman Republic trilogy. Three fearless men – Brennos, Aquila, and Marcellus – are drawn into the endless battles of ancient Rome's fiery war, fighting for power, for victory, for survival . . . and above all, for honour.
A Return to Duty
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 9781493087341
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-09-03
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-09-03
Imprint: McBooks Press
258 Pages
The 8th Cutler Family Chronicles novel is set in Massachusetts and the Far East in the early 1850s as the influx of opium into New England endangers the very fabric of America. Family loyalties, morals, and passions are woven into a plot that threatens to undo not only the prosperity of the seafaring Cutler family, but also those of American society.
The Force of Fate
Price: $25.95
ISBN: 9781493077847
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-09-03
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-09-03
Imprint: McBooks Press
296 Pages
Volume #9 in the thrilling adventure series featuring Nathan Peake, British naval officer and spy. The British government sends Peake on a dangerous mission to the eastern seaboard of the United States, where a French delegation is headed with the hopes of forging an alliance with the pro-slavery Southern states and establishing powerful naval bases to attack British interests in the western Atlantic. And as the 1806 Battle of the Atlantic reaches the mouth of the Chesapeake, the Eastern Seaboard is about to be hit by one of the worst hurricanes in history.
The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower
A Biography of C. S. Forester's Famous Naval Hero
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493084098
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-04-02
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-04-02
Imprint: McBooks Press
368 Pages
Drawn from the Hornblower series as well as from Parkinson's knowledge of the Royal Navy, this classic biography of the popular fictional hero is as entertaining as the C. S. Forester novels themselves.
Endangered Species
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493081066
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-04-02
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-04-02
Imprint: McBooks Press
336 Pages
Captain John Mackinnon and his ship, the Matthew Flinders, are embarking on their last voyage. Both endangered species, they symbolize the irreversible, quiet decline of the British merchant fleet. But this journey to Hong Kong will prove to be anything but quiet, with unrest among the crew, a deadly typhoon, and a daring rescue of a boatload of Vietnamese refugees. Mackinnon faces an explosive chain of events that will lead to mutiny, confrontation with authorities, and the greatest challenge of his career.
Portsmouth Point
The British Navy in Fiction, 1793–1815
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781590138069
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-04-02
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-04-02
Imprint: McBooks Press
168 Pages
Originally published in 1949, Portsmouth Point is a captivating look into the British naval experience during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Parkinson, a naval historian, uses excerpts from the writings of real Age of Sail officers, midshipmen, and crew to create a semi-fictitious collection of naval stories covering all aspects of life aboard England’s “wooden walls.”
Son of Blood
A Crusades Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076178
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-03-05
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-03-05
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #1 in the Crusades trilogy. Under Robert Guiscard, the de Hautevilles have grown in importance and power throughout Italy and, through the Papacy, all of Christendom. Now it is Robert’s son Bohemund’s turn to take up arms. The opportunity to fight under the papal banner in the Holy Lands could bring him the glory and riches he desires, and which have been cruelly denied him elsewhere.
Prince of Legend
A Crusades Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076222
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-03-05
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-03-05
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #3 in the Crusades trilogy. The crusading armies go from besieging the citadel of Antioch to themselves being besieged. Although Bohemund, leader of the Apulian Normans, takes a firm grip on the city, his depleted army is thinned by death, disease, and defection. Meanwhile, Tancred is the first onto the walls of Jerusalem and a leader when it comes to entering the Holy City, but it remains to be seen if he will rise to become the Prince of Legend.
Soldier of Crusade
A Crusades Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076215
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-03-05
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-03-05
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #2 in the Crusades trilogy. Bohemund and his nephew head east to the lands of the Byzantine Empire as part of the greatest military expedition of medieval times: the Papal Crusade. But the Normans never pass into a new territory without an eye to the notion of gaining land and power, and this is no exception. Meanwhile, on his own mission to wrest land for himself, the wily emperor Comnenus will play the deciding role in Bohemund’s story.
Inferno
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493075072
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
448 Pages
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 of the utmost urgency: to secure Britain’s position with neutral Denmark. Soon after, Kydd finds himself witness to the poignant sight of the entire surrendered Danish fleet sailing out of Copenhagen harbor.
Pasha
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493075034
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
360 Pages
Volume #15 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series featuring naval hero Thomas Kydd. Word has come from the British ambassador that the neutral Turks are being wooed by the French. If the ancient city of Constantinople falls into their hands, Napoleon's route to India will be unrestricted and his plans for world domination made a reality. Kydd returns to sea to assist and must also find a way to free Renzi from a Turkish prison.
Conquest
A Conquest Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076260
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-02-06
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-02-06
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #3 in the Conquest trilogy. At the head of the de Hauteville family stands Robert, who has only one aim: to expand his power by military conquest. Roger, the youngest of the brothers, is a great fighter and canny politician. In company—and sometimes in conflict—with Robert, he will seek to raise the family to become rulers in their own right. Their chosen enemies are the mighty Saracen Emirs of Sicily, and conquest comes before all . . . even if the path is not easy.
Tyger
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493075058
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #16 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series featuring naval hero Thomas Kydd. When Kydd finds himself in hot water with the Admiralty, he is punished for his indiscretion by being given command of a mutiny ship, Tyger. On board, he faces challenges from a hostile and dejected crew as they voyage to the far north and the Baltic. The measure of his success will ultimately be tested in battle against three Prussian frigates.
Mercenaries
A Conquest Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076246
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-02-06
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-02-06
Imprint: McBooks Press
378 Pages
Volume #1 in the Conquest trilogy. 1033, on the Normandy border: Six brothers, trained since birth to become great warriors, prepare to experience their first taste of battle. Following in their father’s footsteps, the sons of Tancred de Hauteville are knights with but one true purpose: to fight. Nothing matters more to a Norman of noble birth than skillful swordsmanship and victory in battle – and the de Hautevilles are used to winning.
Warriors
A Conquest Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076253
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2024-02-06
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2024-02-06
Imprint: McBooks Press
348 Pages
Volume #2 in the Conquest trilogy. The loyalty of brothers . . . the betrayal of warriors. In eleventh-century Italy, William de Hauteville, oldest of the mercenary de Hauteville brothers, and his men are the Lombards' greatest hope of overcoming the might of Byzantium.
Betrayal
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493074990
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-10-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-10-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
354 Pages
Volume #13 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series featuring naval hero Thomas Kydd. Navigating the treacherous bars and mud flats of the River Plate in Buenos Aires, the British invasion force takes the capital and a hoard of Spanish silver. When Kydd's men must face resistance and the betrayal of their closest allies, can they save themselves and their prize?
Caribbee
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493075010
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-10-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-10-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
330 Pages
Volume #14 in the popular high-seas nautical adventure series. Naval hero Thomas Kydd is claimed by the Leeward Islands station, exchanging the harsh situation in South America for the delights of the Caribbean. Meanwhile in Europe, Napoleon is triumphant on land and finds a way to take revenge for Trafalgar. When Kydd is accused of murder, an element from his past may just provide him the means to clear his name.
The Sword of Revenge
A Roman Republic Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493075966
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
506 Pages
Volume #2 in the Roman Republic trilogy. Rome has lost its greatest warrior – for Aulus, the doom-laden prophecy of forty years earlier has come to pass. It is now left to Lucius to defy the oracle’s curse alone, and the corrupt and powerful senator leaves nothing to chance in his bid to survive. But one boy, alone in the world, holds the key to his fate – and the future of the Republic.
A River in Borneo
A Tale of the East Indies
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493075164
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-08
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-08
Imprint: McBooks Press
242 Pages
In 1964, during the Far Eastern war euphemistically called ‘Confrontation,’ British Royal Marine Lieutenant Charles Kirton makes a most extraordinary discovery amid the dense mangrove swamps bordering a river in Borneo. From this highly charged opening sequence, the story flashes back a century to 1867, revealing the truth behind this strange event, when young Henry Kirton, second officer of the auxiliary steamship River Tay, is dumped ashore in Singapore, badly injured by a fall from the rigging of his ship.
Honour Be Damned
A Markham of the Marines Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493076154
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
238 Pages
Volume #3 of the Markham of the Marines trilogy. As the war with France drags on, the Revolution is turning on itself. Markham and his men are assigned to the sloop Syilphide under the impetuous Captain Germain and must escort a group of French Royalists behind enemy lines. It is not long before Germain's foolhardy hunt for glory throws Markham into the midst of a desperate ship-to-ship action.
The Gods of War
A Roman Republic Novel
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493075997
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
476 Pages
Volume #3 in the Roman Republic trilogy. Three fearless men – Brennos, Aquila, and Marcellus – are drawn into the endless battles of ancient Rome's fiery war, fighting for power, for victory, for survival . . . and above all, for honour.