Peter Smalley

Peter Smalley was born in Melbourne, Australia, and hails from a seafaring family. After an early career in advertising he became a screenwriter, broadcaster, and novelist. He now lives in London and is writing the HMS Expedient series about Captain William Rennie and Lieutenant James Hayter.

Age of Sail: Fiction

AOS Naval Fiction

Series: HMS Expedient
HMS Expedient : 1786: Captain William Rennie, beached for four years, is given a new ship.
Port Royal : 1788: Rennie and Hayter unravel an enemy plot at Port Royal
Barbary Coast : 1789: HMS Expedient must sail to assist Britain's ally Rashid Bey
The Hawk : 1790: Hayter, now with his own command, combats smugglers assisted by Rennie
The Gathering Storm : 1791: Hayter is about to take command of HMS Sloop Eglantine when personal tragedy shatters his life
The Pursuit : 1792: HMS Expedient heads for the Norwegian fjords and through the storm-mad Atlantic to Boston,
The Marvellous Sea : 1793: HMS Expedient is under secret orders steering a course deep into the South Atlantic
The Following Wind : Rennie and Hayter in another gripping seafaring adventure
The Privateer : Rennie and Hayter in another gripping seafaring adventure

Modern Era: Fiction

Modern Era Other Nautical Fiction

Series: n/a
Trove : Michael Daley finds a treasure map

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