Alaric Bond

Alaric Bond has been writing professionally for over twenty years with work covering broadcast comedy (commissioned to BBC Light Entertainment for 3 years), periodicals, children's stories, television and the stage. He is also a regular contributor to nautical magazines and newsletters.

The 'Fighting Sail' series series is set at sea during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars and has no central character as such. Instead, men from all stations are featured allowing a far more realistic view of life aboard a warship of the period. The novels are definitely in a series rather than a serial; an overall storyline does exist although each should also stand alone and so can be read in isolation.

He has also written some stand alone books featuring the conflict between the Revenue Service and Smugglers, and his 'Coastal Forces' series is set during World War II.

Age of Sail: Fiction

AOS Naval Fiction

Series: Fighting Sail
His Majesty's Ship : 1795: HMS Vigilant, a 64 gun ship-of-the-line, is about to leave Spithead
The Jackass Frigate : 1796: Fresh from the dockyard, HMS Pandora is a 28-gun frigate, is about to set sail to join the Mediterranean Fleet
True Colours : 1797: The British fleet has mutinied and Admiral Duncan watches the Dutch coast unsupported.
Cut and Run : King opts for a spell with the Honourable East India Company but soon wonders why.
The Patriot's Fate : 1798: Ireland rises up and two friends and former allies are separated by chance and circumstance
The Torrid Zone : HMS Scylla is bound for St Helena to deliver the island's next governor
The Scent of Corruption : 1803:The uneasy peace with France is over and Sir Richard Banks is appointed to HMS Prometheus, a seventy-four
HMS Prometheus : 1803: HMS Prometheus is needed to reinforce Nelson's ships blockading the French off Toulon.
The Blackstrap Station : 1803: The group of shipwrecked Royal Navy seamen have anything but festivities in mind
Honour Bound : Commander King is keen to take HMS Kestrel to sea but the war is not progressing well for Britain
Sealed Orders : 1805: King finds himself despatched on an urgent secret deep-sea mission
Sea Trials : HMS Mistral has emerged from a major refit with one vital element missing – her captain
Lone Escort : The North Atlantic in spring is a perilous place and HMS Tenacious has a tough job ahead
The Seeds of War : 1811: HMS Tenacious must do battle with illegal slavery, powerful privateers, violent tropical storms and former friends.
On the Barbary Coast : 1814: After four years HMS Tenacious is finally heading home but their journey is broken by a strange encounter

AOS Other Nautical Fiction

Series: n/a
Turn a Blind Eye : 1801: Newly appointed to the local revenue cutter, Commander Griffin is determined to make his mark
The Guinea Boat : 1803: The story of two young lads, and the diverse paths they take to make a living on the water

Modern Era: Fiction

Modern Era Naval Fiction

Series: Coastal Forces
Hellfire Corner : 1941: In the treacherous waters of the Dover Strait the war is fought by the gun and torpedo boats of Britain’s Coastal Forces:
Glory Boys : 1942: The crew of MGB194 return from leave to find their gunboat allocated to a different flotilla
Narrow Seas : 1942: Lives are made, changed and, too often, lost on the savage waters

The author’s official web site is alaricbond.com

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