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Droits of the Crown
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781493076833
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-05
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2023-09-05
Imprint: McBooks Press
312 Pages
Volume #18 in the John Pearce Adventures. When Pearce is sent on a mission to collect fleeing members of the Corsican government, he seeks the aid of a local clan chief, inadvertently putting himself, his crew, and his rescued charges in jeopardy.
By the Mast Divided
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493073979
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
512 Pages
Volume #1 in the John Pearce Adventures. London, 1793: Young firebrand John Pearce, on the run from the authorities, is illegally press-ganged from the Pelican Tavern into brutal life aboard HMS Brilliant, a frigate on its way to war. Shipboard life is hard, brutal, and dangerous—that anyone chooses it suggests that life ashore is even worse. But Pearce is not alone; he is drawn to a disparate group of men pressed alongside him who eventually form an exclusive gun crew, the Pelicans, with Pearce their elected leader.
A Treacherous Coast
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781493073993
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #13 in the John Pearce Adventures. Winter 1795: Aboard HMS Flirt as part of the squadron led by Horatio Nelson, Lieutenant John Pearce and his Pelicans soon join them on a reconnaissance which results in the destruction of a key French battery. In raids ashore, split loyalties, and bloody sea fights, Pearce must show bravery and resourcefulness to ensure his survival and return to his beloved Emily. But the headstrong lieutenant is faced with immense danger—not only from the enemy but also from his own captain.
On a Particular Service
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781493074013
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #14 in the John Pearce Adventures. John Pearce is going home. But he has to avoid capture by an Algerine warship and having his Pelicans pressed into a British frigate, and that's before they are at risk of being hanged for desertion once home. Then there is the problem of his relationship with Emily Barclay. Through cunning and bluff he can protect his friends, but not his troubled love life. In a whirlwind of action, there are forged wills, devious trades, contrived murders, and dangerous spy missions, with so much deceit that Pearce does not know whom to trust. All he can hope to do is survive.
A Close Run Thing
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493074037
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
382 Pages
Volume #15 in the John Pearce Adventures. 1796: Lieutenant John Pearce is hiding in the smugglers’ hub of Gravelines with his mysterious companion, known only to him as Oliphant, trapped in French territory with no way out. Although they find a crew willing to take them to England, they discover on the journey that Pearce’s old enemies, the Tolland brothers, are still active on the route.
A Troubled Course
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781493068883
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-11-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2022-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
320 Pages
Volume #17 in the John Pearce Adventures. Upon the capture of a Spanish treasure ship, John Pearce’s orders take him via Gibraltar, then on to Corsica, where in night actions, outnumbered on land and sea, he must fight the Francophile Corsicans who are arming themselves for an insurrection. Will he succeed, or will he, HMS Hazard, and the Pelicans pay the ultimate price of failure?
The Devil to Pay
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493061785
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-03-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-03-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #11 in the John Pearce Adventures. 1794: Stuck in the Mediterranean, headstrong lieutenant John Pearce must repair his battle-damaged ship, face a court-martial, and survive a battle against a bloodthirsty and piratical Turk.
A Divided Command
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493061815
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-03-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-03-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
318 Pages
Volume #10 in the John Pearce Adventures. 1794: Stationed in the Mediterranean, John Pearce finds himself entangled in a political plot and fighting against a superior force of Barbary corsairs.
Enemies at Every Turn
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493068937
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
258 Pages
Free from jail, John Pearce must undertake a dangerous mission in support of a massive revolt in the Vendée region of France. As high rebellious ambition turns to bloody disaster, Pearce faces real peril, climaxing in one of the greatest battles of the French Revolutionary Wars: the Glorious First of June.
A Sea of Troubles
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493068975
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
242 Pages
Lieutenant John Pearce must undertake an urgent commission from Lord Hood, track down midshipman Toby Burns, and placate Emily Barclay. He can only hope that his troubles will end along with his mission, but are they only just beginning?
An Ill Wind
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066247
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-06-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-06-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
348 Pages
John Pearce and his Pelicans are going home to gain their freedom and put the treacherous Captain Ralph Barclay in the dock. Emily Barclay discovers Pearce has papers that would ruin her husband’s career and her future security. Back on British soil, the real concerns have just begun.
The Perils of Command
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066261
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-05-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-05-15
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
After situating his previous crew in comfort, John Pearce charts his return home to his pregnant darling Emily. He is tasked with outsmarting his enemies Admiral William Hotham and Emily’s husband Captain Ralph Barclay who can legally claim Pearce’s child as his own.
Blown Off Course
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066254
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-05-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-05-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
384 Pages
Lieutenant John Pearce is seeking protection for his friends from a reluctant Admiralty. Lacking the evidence of perjury, his prospects are not promising. Ralph Barclay’s wife has the means to get her own way: the evidence Pearce believes was lost at sea. His friends join Pearce in an illegal act. Do they sail into prosperity or danger?
The Admirals' Game
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066339
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-05-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-05-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
376 Pages
Lieutenant John Pearce is trying to construct a perjury case against Admiral Ralph Barclay. Barclay's own wife has turned against him, but by law she cannot testify against her husband. Her nephew has become a pawn in the Admiral's game, the objective of which is to finally silence Pearce.
HMS Hazard
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781493060658
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2021-10-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2021-10-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
304 Pages
Volume #16 in the John Pearce Adventures. 1796: John Pearce and the Pelicans are stuck with a difficult mission: sailing the HMS Hazard to warn Admiral Sir John Jervis of impending danger from the combined French/Spanish fleet, while resisting the lure of a treasure-laden Spanish vessel inbound from South America.
A Flag of Truce
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066285
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-05-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-05-15
Imprint: McBooks Press
442 Pages
John Pearce is entrusted with the task of escorting 5,000 radical French sailors to a port on the Atlantic coast where they are to be set free. But when the assignment goes awry, it is up to Pearce and his trio of friends, the Pelicans, to prevent judicial murder.
An Awkward Commission
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066230
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-05-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-05-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
368 Pages
John Pearce's promotion means that he is free to follow his own wishes. While Pearce is indulging himself in London, his trio of friends are shipped off to the Mediterranean. Pearce vows to liberate them from the brutal tyrant they are serving under. But Pearce is obliged to embark on a dangerous mission before he can free his friends.
A Shot Rolling Ship
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066278
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-04-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-04-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
392 Pages
John Pearce finds himself working aboard HMS Griffin sailing the Channel in search of the numerous French privateers preying on English merchant ships. He must find a way off the ship in order to rescue his ailing father from the dangers of revolutionary Paris. But when traveling to France, he discovers that his worst fears have become reality.

Droits of the Crown
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $32.95
ISBN: 9781493076833
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-05
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2023-09-05
Imprint: McBooks Press
312 Pages
Volume #18 in the John Pearce Adventures. When Pearce is sent on a mission to collect fleeing members of the Corsican government, he seeks the aid of a local clan chief, inadvertently putting himself, his crew, and his rescued charges in jeopardy.
By the Mast Divided
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493073979
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
512 Pages
Volume #1 in the John Pearce Adventures. London, 1793: Young firebrand John Pearce, on the run from the authorities, is illegally press-ganged from the Pelican Tavern into brutal life aboard HMS Brilliant, a frigate on its way to war. Shipboard life is hard, brutal, and dangerous—that anyone chooses it suggests that life ashore is even worse. But Pearce is not alone; he is drawn to a disparate group of men pressed alongside him who eventually form an exclusive gun crew, the Pelicans, with Pearce their elected leader.
A Treacherous Coast
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781493073993
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #13 in the John Pearce Adventures. Winter 1795: Aboard HMS Flirt as part of the squadron led by Horatio Nelson, Lieutenant John Pearce and his Pelicans soon join them on a reconnaissance which results in the destruction of a key French battery. In raids ashore, split loyalties, and bloody sea fights, Pearce must show bravery and resourcefulness to ensure his survival and return to his beloved Emily. But the headstrong lieutenant is faced with immense danger—not only from the enemy but also from his own captain.
On a Particular Service
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $21.95
ISBN: 9781493074013
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #14 in the John Pearce Adventures. John Pearce is going home. But he has to avoid capture by an Algerine warship and having his Pelicans pressed into a British frigate, and that's before they are at risk of being hanged for desertion once home. Then there is the problem of his relationship with Emily Barclay. Through cunning and bluff he can protect his friends, but not his troubled love life. In a whirlwind of action, there are forged wills, devious trades, contrived murders, and dangerous spy missions, with so much deceit that Pearce does not know whom to trust. All he can hope to do is survive.
A Close Run Thing
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $24.95
ISBN: 9781493074037
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-09-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-09-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
382 Pages
Volume #15 in the John Pearce Adventures. 1796: Lieutenant John Pearce is hiding in the smugglers’ hub of Gravelines with his mysterious companion, known only to him as Oliphant, trapped in French territory with no way out. Although they find a crew willing to take them to England, they discover on the journey that Pearce’s old enemies, the Tolland brothers, are still active on the route.
A Troubled Course
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $27.95
ISBN: 9781493068883
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-11-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2022-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
320 Pages
Volume #17 in the John Pearce Adventures. Upon the capture of a Spanish treasure ship, John Pearce’s orders take him via Gibraltar, then on to Corsica, where in night actions, outnumbered on land and sea, he must fight the Francophile Corsicans who are arming themselves for an insurrection. Will he succeed, or will he, HMS Hazard, and the Pelicans pay the ultimate price of failure?
The Devil to Pay
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493061785
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-03-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-03-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
Volume #11 in the John Pearce Adventures. 1794: Stuck in the Mediterranean, headstrong lieutenant John Pearce must repair his battle-damaged ship, face a court-martial, and survive a battle against a bloodthirsty and piratical Turk.
A Divided Command
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493061815
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2023-03-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2023-03-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
318 Pages
Volume #10 in the John Pearce Adventures. 1794: Stationed in the Mediterranean, John Pearce finds himself entangled in a political plot and fighting against a superior force of Barbary corsairs.
Enemies at Every Turn
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493068937
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
258 Pages
Free from jail, John Pearce must undertake a dangerous mission in support of a massive revolt in the Vendée region of France. As high rebellious ambition turns to bloody disaster, Pearce faces real peril, climaxing in one of the greatest battles of the French Revolutionary Wars: the Glorious First of June.
A Sea of Troubles
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493068975
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-11-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-11-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
242 Pages
Lieutenant John Pearce must undertake an urgent commission from Lord Hood, track down midshipman Toby Burns, and placate Emily Barclay. He can only hope that his troubles will end along with his mission, but are they only just beginning?
An Ill Wind
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066247
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-06-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-06-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
348 Pages
John Pearce and his Pelicans are going home to gain their freedom and put the treacherous Captain Ralph Barclay in the dock. Emily Barclay discovers Pearce has papers that would ruin her husband’s career and her future security. Back on British soil, the real concerns have just begun.
The Perils of Command
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066261
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-05-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-05-15
Imprint: McBooks Press
352 Pages
After situating his previous crew in comfort, John Pearce charts his return home to his pregnant darling Emily. He is tasked with outsmarting his enemies Admiral William Hotham and Emily’s husband Captain Ralph Barclay who can legally claim Pearce’s child as his own.
Blown Off Course
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066254
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-05-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-05-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
384 Pages
Lieutenant John Pearce is seeking protection for his friends from a reluctant Admiralty. Lacking the evidence of perjury, his prospects are not promising. Ralph Barclay’s wife has the means to get her own way: the evidence Pearce believes was lost at sea. His friends join Pearce in an illegal act. Do they sail into prosperity or danger?
The Admirals' Game
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066339
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-05-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-05-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
376 Pages
Lieutenant John Pearce is trying to construct a perjury case against Admiral Ralph Barclay. Barclay's own wife has turned against him, but by law she cannot testify against her husband. Her nephew has become a pawn in the Admiral's game, the objective of which is to finally silence Pearce.
HMS Hazard
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781493060658
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2021-10-01
Format: Hardcover
Sales Date: 2021-10-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
304 Pages
Volume #16 in the John Pearce Adventures. 1796: John Pearce and the Pelicans are stuck with a difficult mission: sailing the HMS Hazard to warn Admiral Sir John Jervis of impending danger from the combined French/Spanish fleet, while resisting the lure of a treasure-laden Spanish vessel inbound from South America.
A Flag of Truce
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066285
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-05-15
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-05-15
Imprint: McBooks Press
442 Pages
John Pearce is entrusted with the task of escorting 5,000 radical French sailors to a port on the Atlantic coast where they are to be set free. But when the assignment goes awry, it is up to Pearce and his trio of friends, the Pelicans, to prevent judicial murder.
An Awkward Commission
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066230
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-05-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-05-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
368 Pages
John Pearce's promotion means that he is free to follow his own wishes. While Pearce is indulging himself in London, his trio of friends are shipped off to the Mediterranean. Pearce vows to liberate them from the brutal tyrant they are serving under. But Pearce is obliged to embark on a dangerous mission before he can free his friends.
A Shot Rolling Ship
A John Pearce Adventure
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 9781493066278
Publisher: Globe Pequot
Pub Date: 2022-04-01
Format: Paperback
Sales Date: 2022-04-01
Imprint: McBooks Press
392 Pages
John Pearce finds himself working aboard HMS Griffin sailing the Channel in search of the numerous French privateers preying on English merchant ships. He must find a way off the ship in order to rescue his ailing father from the dangers of revolutionary Paris. But when traveling to France, he discovers that his worst fears have become reality.