Other Releases
This section lists other books set in the Age of Sail which may be of interest and are upcoming or have been recently released. They will also appear in the relevant section of Other Nautical Genres
Astreya: The Men of the Sea (PB)
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- Created on Saturday, 24 December 2011 00:00
- By Seymour Hamilton
Seymour Hamilton has a new book which has just been released worldwide, Astreya: The Men of the Sea. The second book in a nautical/fantasy series is available in paperback and ebook versions.
Astreya learns from his grandfather Oron how to control his power over the shipstones aboard the great ship Cygnus. He still yearns for Lindey, left on shore against her will. Trying to purge a nagging guilt, Roaring Jack sails the Mollie south again, and this time Astreya's friend Cam is a stowaway. Adramin does everything he can to make Astreya fail.
Astreya: The Voyage South (PB)
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- Created on Friday, 25 November 2011 00:00
- By Seymour Hamilton
Seymour Hamilton has a new book which has just been released worldwide, Astreya: The Voyage South. The first book in a nautical/fantasy series the Kindle version is currently listed and the paperback version will be available in the next few days. EDIT: The paperback version is now available.
Astreya isn't like the other boys in his remote fishing village. When Astreya leaves home, his widowed mother gives him his father's knife, a riddling notebook, and a bracelet with a mysterious and powerful green stone. He sails south with an adventurous fishing boat skipper, hoping that in the world beyond, he can find out who his father was, what the three enigmatic gifts mean, and whether there is any value to the looks, skills and talents that have set him apart from everyone he has ever known.
The Noble Pirates (HC)
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- Created on Saturday, 16 July 2011 00:00
- By Rima L. Jean
Author Rima L. Jean has just released a new pirate novel in ebook formats, The Noble Pirates. It is will be available in hardcover worlwide on 29 August 2011.
A vacation in the Bahamas goes awry, and a woman from 2009 unexpectedly finds herself in 1718 - amidst pirates. Sabrina is so consumed with her present-day problems that the last thing she expects is to suddenly end up face to face with real pirates. The notorious bad boys of the Golden Age of Piracy, Edward England, Howel Davis, and Black Bart Roberts, become Sabrina's means of survival in the past, and ultimately, her key to returning to the future.
Hunt for White Gold (HC/PB)
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- Created on Sunday, 12 December 2010 00:00
- By Mark Keating
Author Mark Keating has a new novel which is now available for pre-order in the UK, Hunt for White Gold, in both Hardcover and Paperback.
Sold by his father for four guineas, Patrick Devlin was working as a servant to Royal Navy Captain John Coxon when he was catpured by pirates. Now, Devlin has himself become one of the most feared pirates in the world - and Coxon his most bitter foe.
But in this thrilling new historical adventure it is not gold that Devlin is chasing, but something even more valuable.
The early 18th Century is obsessed with the flavours of the New World - coffee and chocolate. And only one material enables the kings, queens and rising middle classes of Europe to drink without burning their fingers on the handles of their cups - Chinese porcelain.
Skull and Bones (HC)
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- Created on Wednesday, 26 May 2010 00:00
- By John Drake
Author John Drake has a new novel which is now available, Skull and Bones. It is in Hardcover in the UK and on Kindle in the US.
The third in the rip-roaring adventure series of ‘Treasure Island’ prequels for fans of ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and Flashman
When infamous 'gentleman of fortune' Captain Flint is captured by the Royal Navy and condemned to hang for mutiny and piracy, it seems that the secret location of his buried treasure will die with him. But Flint has an audacious plan to gain command of ship and crew before they reach London and escape the hangman's noose.
Pirate Latitudes (HC/PB)
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- Created on Wednesday, 02 December 2009 00:00
- By Michael Crichton
Author Michael Crichton has a new novel which is now available for purchase, Pirate Latitudes, in both Hardcover and Paperback.
From one of the best-loved authors of all time comes an irresistible adventure of swashbuckling pirates in the New World, a classic story of treasure and betrayal.
The Caribbean, 1665. A remote colony of the English Crown, the island of Jamaica holds out against the vast supremacy of the Spanish empire. Port Royal, its capital, is a cutthroat town of taverns, grog shops, and bawdy houses.
One Man Drowning (PB)
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- Created on Monday, 12 October 2009 00:00
- By Steph Minns
Author Steph Minns has a new book out which is now available in paperback, One Man Drowning. Based around the struggle between smugglers and the Revenue men it may be of interest to readers of the genre.
Running away in 1762 from a dull life in fashionable Georgian Bath, Jesse Sunderland joins an ocean-going merchant ship.
Just nineteen years old, naïve and keen for adventure in the expanding world where England rules the seas and dominates the colonies, he has to not only deal with the harshness of this life at sea but coming to terms with himself and essentially his homosexuality, a hanging offence by law in these times.
Bring it Close (PB)
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- Created on Monday, 17 August 2009 00:00
- By Helen Hollick
Author Helen Hollick has a new book out which is now available in paperback, Bring it Close, book 3 in the Sea Witch series
Jesamiah Acorne, Captain of the Sea Witch, has accepted a government granted amnesty against his misdeeds of piracy, but old enemies do not forget the past. In particular Edward Teach - better known as Blackbeard - has a bone to pick with Acorne. Following an indiscretion with an old flame, Jesamiah finds his fiancée, the midwife and white witch, Tiola Oldstagh, has gone to North Carolina to help with an imminent and difficult birth; the problem, that is where Blackbeard now resides.