FICTION

Michael Shea is living rough after being blackballed from working as a surgeon's assistant and framed for murder. Out of options, he escapes the turmoil by shipping out for the colonies on the misnamed brig The Delight as a lowly indentured servant. But while on board, Michael realizes he has not yet escaped the murder for which he was framed.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

Volume #1 in the Roman Republic trilogy. In a dark cave, two young boys appeal to the Roman oracle for a glimpse of their future. The Sybil draws the blood-red shape of an eagle with wings outstretched: an omen of death. Thirty years on, Lucius and Aulus find themselves on different sides of a conflict, fighting to save the great Roman Republic. With barbarians at the gate and enemies within, the prophecy of the eagle might come true after all.