John Stack

John Stack was born and lives in County Cork. His Masters of the Sea series is set much earlier than the usual naval fiction series as it is based around the Roman conflict with Carthage. The first book in the series, Ship of Rome, went straight into the Sunday Times bestseller charts

Series: Masters of the Sea
Year	Book	Comment
260 BCE	Ship of Rome	Atticus, one of Rome's few experienced sailors, finds himself propelled into the middle of a political struggle
	Captain of Rome	Bound to obey his inexperienced commander's rash orders, Atticus sails straight into a carefully-laid trap