Soon to be the major motion picture Greyhound, a WWII naval thriller of "high and glittering excitement" (New York Times) from the author of the legendary Hornblower series The mission of Commander George Krause of the United States Navy is Read more
Inspired by the Wager disaster, The Unknown Shore is an immediate precursor to Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series that displays all the splendid prose and attention to detail that delight O'Brian's millions of fans. Patrick O'Brian's first novel about the sea, The Golden Ocean, took Read more
Capt. Miles is an outstanding character even among the many notable characters featured in nautical yarns. His hatred for the English is only to be matched by his detestation of the Irish and his devotion to the British Empire. But when his ship the William and Mary is sunk by a U-boat, this anti-English, anti-Irish Irishman who hails from Belfast is willing to bury contention with his neighbors in order to get back at the Hun. a thrilling World War I story!
