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Author David Donachie has a new novel, Blown Off Course, which is now available in the UK and will be released in the US on 15 February 2011.

Lieutenant John Pearce is in London seeking protection for his friends, the Pelicans, from a reluctant Admiralty. Sat in the Pelican Tavern where they were first press-ganged, he wonders what future he has, lacking funds and an occupation if he leaves Navy, and without the evidence that would bring Captain Ralph Barclay to justice for perjury.

Author John Stack has a new novel which is now available for pre-order, Master of Rome, due for release on 20 January 2011.

A stirring adventure novel set amid the tumultuous clashes between the Roman and Carthaginian empires, battling for control of the Mediterranean, north Africa and Rome itself.

Atticus, the young Greek captain, is now a commander of the growing Roman navy, blockading a port near Tunis, when the Roman legions suffer terrible defeat by the triumphant Carthaginian army, spearheaded by the elephant charges. He and his ships escape together with the main body of the Roman

Book 2 in 'The Hearts of Oak Trilogy' by Author Sam Willis is now available worldwide in hardcover, The Admiral Benbow: The Life and Times of a Naval Legend. 

Admiral John Benbow was an English naval hero, a fighting sailor of ruthless methods but indomitable courage. Benbow was a man to be reckoned with.

In 1702, however, when Benbow engaged a French squadron off the Spanish main, other ships in his squadron failed to support him. His leg shattered by a cannon-ball, Benbow fought on - but to no avail: the French escaped and the stricken Benbow succumbed to his wounds. When the story of his 'Last Fight' reached England, there was an outcry. Two of the captains who had

Newly released in the US is the latest Rory Dunbrody and Tobias St. John novel by Les Eldridge titled The Pride of Pascagoula. In the UK it is only available as an ebook.

This novel completes the Civil War portion of the saga, and returns the lads to the Pacific Northwest, where it all began.  Tobias and Rory experience the chilling waters of the English Channel off Cherbourg as the Kearsarge sinks the Alabama.  Next, Confederate Navy Secretary Stephen Mallory

Author Brian Lavery has a new book out  Royal Tars of Old England: The Lower Deck of the Royal Navy, 875-1850  which is now available in hardcover in the UK and will be released in the US on 28 February 2011

Brian Lavery, the pre-eminent historian of the Royal Navy, turns his astute and wide-ranging analytical eye on to its 'lower deck' - the world of the seamen as distinct from the officers of the 'quarterdeck'. If not totally overlooked in the grand narratives of the Senior Service the lower deck is often only noticed when it is a problem. Seamen are