The Trafalgar Bastard (K)
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- By: Richard Nigel Stembridge
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Richard Nigel Stembridge has just released the first book in his new John Brough series, The Trafalgar Bastard. It is now available worldwide for Kindle download.
October 1805. The guns of Trafalgar have fallen silent.
Lieutenant John Brough sails aboard HMS Tirana, bound for Nelson's fleet and hoping at last to discover the truth about the man who may be his father.
Before he can reach the battle, fate intervenes.
La Cazadora: The Huntress (K/PB)
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- By: Michael Aye
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Author Michael Aye's has just released the latest novel in his Fighting Anthony's series, La Cazadora: The Huntress. It is now available in paperback and for Kindle download worldwide.
It's 1784. The war with the Colonies is over. Gabe Anthony has just been made a baronet. He is to command the exchange of prisoners of war in America. He will then command a squadron at English Harbor. It is a seemingly easy task, and one where he can take some personal time. However, two rogue ships flying no flag are destroying British ships and murdering countless people. Why and who? Gabe is tasked with finding these raiders and putting an end to their death and destruction.
Straits of Anián (K/PB)
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- By: Chris Durbin
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Chris Durbin's has just released his new book, Straits of Anián, which is now available worldwide in Paperback and for Kindle.
The wealth of the world flows through the narrow straits between oceans and seas. Gibraltar, Magellan, Hormuz, Dover, Malacca: each has had its day. Yet there is one that has lingered in the imagination of geographers and fantasists, of admirals and money-hungry merchants since Columbus crossed the Atlantic, and it remains stubbornly elusive. It was the fast route around the top of the American continent that might lead to the riches of the Orient, and for the English it was the shortcut that bypassed the lands where the Spaniards, the Portuguese and the Dutch held sway. It was the Straits of Anián, reputed to offer an ice-free passage from the Pacific Ocean to Hudson Bay on the Atlantic.
Bloody Waters: The Zaragozana and Cuban Piracy in the 1820s (PB)
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- By: Glenn M. Stein
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Glenn M. Stein has a new paperback available for pre-order, Bloody Waters: The Zaragozana and Cuban Piracy in the 1820s. It will be released 18 June 2026 in the UK and 9 July 2026 in the US.
During the early 19th century, Spain was losing its grip on her American colonies, resulting in an explosion of privateering and West Indian piracy. British Royal Navy ships hunted and destroyed pirates wherever they could be found, especially along the Cuban coast. The climax of long days, weeks, and months of running down these villains was the capture of the notorious Captain Cayetano Aragonés in his piratical schooner the Zaragozana.
Revolution's Edge (HC/P/K/A)
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- By: Adrian Westbrooke
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Adrian Westbrooke recently released a new book in his Nicholas Cruwys Naval Series, Revolution's Edge, which is available worldwide in Hardcover, Paperback, for Kindle and for Audio download.
Toulon to the Caribbean, 1788–1791. A world unravelling. A revolution that will change everything—and everyone.
When Captain Nicholas Cruwys in the frigate Miranda stands on the ramparts of Fort Lamalgue on Christmas Eve 1788, watching the magnificent French fleet spread below him, he can already sense the cracks forming in the old order. The dockyard workers are unpaid, the officers restless, and somewhere across France a catastrophe is building.
New specialist publisher for naval fiction - Flagship Editions
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- By: David Hayes
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A new specialist publisher has been launched for naval fiction, "Flagship Editions is a digital-first, independent publisher reviving forgotten classics and championing bold new voices".
So far The King's Frenchman by Richard Nigel Stembridge, Royal Yankee by Victor Suthren and Any Means to an End by Andrew R. Welsh have been re-released and books from Walter Jon Williams will also be available.
If you wish to be updated as new works come out you can sign up to their free newsletter and currently, to mark the launch, you can pick a free book from the three named above. The link to sign up is mailchi.mp/flagshipeditions.com/free-edition
The Corsair Conundrum and the Pirates of Algiers (K)
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- By: John Danielski
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John Danielski has a new book in his Royal Marine series, The Corsair Conundrum and the Pirates of Algiers, which is available for kindle download worldwide.
Ambushed at sea while on a vital diplomatic mission, Thomas Pennywhistle vows war against the Barbary pirates who specialize in enslaving Europeans. Joining with Admiral Sir Edward Pellew, England’s greatest living sailor, he becomes part of the British fleet dispatched to mete out justice to the cruel Dey Omar of Algiers, ruler of the one outlaw state that refuses to make peace.
