Dr. Perry Comer was born in York County, SC in 1951. He has lived in Dyersburg, Tn; Caruthersville, Missouri; North Hollywood, CA; Chicago, IL; Kinston, NC, and now lives in Rockingham, NC.
He began writing in 1972 and was first published in The Saturday Evening Post. Since then he has been published in several journals and magazines.
Dr. Comer is a graduate of Winthrop University, Southeastern Baptist Seminary and Andersonville Theological Seminary. He has taught at Wingate University and South Piedmont Community College.
AOS Naval Fiction
Series: Donland
The Prize (aka The Treacherous Prize) : Donland's first command may well be his only command as he fights off traitors, spies and a young woman
The Messenger: Donland and the Hornet : From Charles Town to Martinique Donland faces storms, treachery and envy.
Donland's Ransom : 1779: Pirates have kidnapped the Crown prince of Portugal
Raid on Port Royal: Donland and The Hornet : Donland is in command of the sloops Hornet, Stinger and Jacket
The Rescue: Donland and the Hornet : Hornet is forced to engage in a desperate battle with a powerful privateer
The Bond of Duty: Donland and The Hornet : Donland must sit idly by and observe the Battle of Grenada
Siege: Donland And The Hornet : 1779: Donland is tasked to ferret out information concerning French intentions
Donland's Courage : Donland is ordered to act as a guide to lead a rescue party
Donland's Victory : Oxford is pitted against a French frigate and Spanish third-rate
Donland in Uncharted Waters : Donland suspects he is a pawn in yet another of Sumerford’s schemes
Donland: Devil's Wind : Donland is ordered by the tyrannical governor to dispatch a Spanish frigate captured by pirates
Donland: The King's Man : Donland has authority to command any vessel he boards
Donland: The Frigate Captain : Donland has his dream fulfilled; he is given command of Wessex, a frigate.
Donland: Between Enemies : 1791: Wessex is sent to monitor the slave rebellion on Saint Domingue
Donland: Betrayal and Mutiny : Wessex is bound for the Ro de la Plata in South America
Donland: Duty, Honor and Glory : Wessex is ordered to seek out, capture or sink privateers in the Gulf of Mexico
Donland: Victory To The Brave : 1793: Donland's mission leads him to the sun-soaked shores of Barbados
Donland: The Deadly Sea : Donland embarks on a perilous mission to support the squadron blockading Toulon
Donland in Peace : 1802: The fragile Peace of Amiens hangs by a thread
Donland's Squadron : 1803: Donland has been given a new command — the sixty-four gun Excellent
Donland: No Friend in Sight : Donland is given a broad pendant and a small squadron
Series: Fighting Marines
Fighting Marines: Hardy's Commissiondiv1810: Hardy must prove his worth by finding and eliminating a band of Spanish cutthroats
Fighting Marines: Hardy's Challenge : 1812: Hardy is ordered on patrol in the lawless region of East Florida
Fighting Marines: The Pirate Lair : 1815: Hardy takes 27 men into a maze of reed and cypress and black water to burn the pirates out
Series: The Imposter
The Imposter : Impersonating a King's Officer is a death sentence
The Imposter: Lieutenant Brent : Will Brent secure his place in the Navy, or will love and ambition sink him
The Imposter: Brent's Choice Brent's love has sailed for Jamaica and he must follow
Series: Asher Blake
Providence and The Fortunate : 1801: Asher Blake is dying on the streets when he stumbles upon a beaten naval captain in a cemetery
Ash and Arrow : Asher is assigned to the gun ketch Arrow carrying dispatches from London to Gibraltar
Silver and Gold : 1804: Ash is thrown into night boardings, coastal ambushes, and a cutting-out expedition
Series: n/a
In Harm's Way : 1801: H.M.S. Falcon has orders to patrol from Cayenne to Trinidad and destroy all enemy shipping
Before The Wind : 1792: James Pike has at last been given the ship he has waited half his career to command
Boarders Away : Gerald Pellew is when Ardent when sails straight into a trap off Ushant
AOS Privateer Fiction
Series: n/a
Black Irish and the Lady Fair : Colin MacLaurin was born a slave but now sails as a privateer captain under the American flag