Naval Fiction Releases
This section lists upcoming and recently released Naval Fiction books. They will also appear in the main Book Title Index
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- By: Chris Durbin
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Chris Durbin's new book, An Upright Man, is now available worldwide in Paperback and for Kindle. David Lane Pusey is working hard to narrate the whole series and Book 8 Niagara Squadron will hopefully be available before Christmas. The audio book of An Upright Man will follow in due course.
Even before Spain joined the war in early 1762, it was obvious that it wouldn’t have the strategic effect that the cousins, King Louis and King Charles, had hoped. France needed a success to bring Britain to the negotiating table: nothing grand – Louis didn’t have the force for that – but something that would hurt the City of London in its pocket.
A raid on the Newfoundland fisheries would have an immediate financial impact. In normal times the dried cod provided an important dietary supplement to the population of the Atlantic basin and a steady stream of gold for the City’s coffers. The longer-lasting effect would come from the loss of the trained seamen that the fishery provided to the navy in time of war.
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- By: Katie Daysh
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Katie Daysh's new book, The Devil to Pay, will be available worldwide for Kindle on 4 April 2024. The UK Hardcover will be released on the same day and there is no date for US Hardcover release yet. It is now available for pre-order. Katie is a new author on the site and the first book in the series, Leeward, was released in May this year.
In 1802, The Treaty of Amiens brings the French Revolutionary Wars to an end. After the drama of the past few years, Lieutenant Arthur Courtney returns home to England where he hopes to spend a blissful summer with his close friend, Hiram Nightingale.
But within weeks, HMS Loyal goes missing en route to Malta. She carries a French and British diplomat, Hugo Baptiste and Sir William Haywood. Their disappearance, in this tentative time of peace, may be enough to prematurely ignite war between France and Britain once more.
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- By: Julian Stockwin
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Author Julian Stockwin's new novel, Sea of Treason, was released worldwide in kindle and audio formats on 5 October 2023. Hardcover is also available in the UK and for pre-order in the US where it will be released on 9 January 2024.
Following his recovery after a savage wounding in America, Kydd returns to England to re-assume command of his ship-of-the-line, Thunderer, which is sent to the remote station of Bermuda.
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- By: David Hayes
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The next book in David Donachie's John Pearce series, Droits of the Crown was released for Kindle on 5 September and can be pre-ordered for it's Audible release on 1 November. There is currently no date for Hardcover or Paperback releases. UPDATE The Hardcover was relesed in the US on 5 September and will be available in the UK on 5 November
John Pearce faces a court martial, but will cowardly Toby Burns, chief witness, stand up to questioning? With the matter unresolved, HMS Hazard is put under the command of Horatio Nelson, with whom any cruise is bound to be eventful. Sure enough, battle is joined with two Spanish frigates, though success is short-lived and flight in the face of a superior foe becomes the only option.
In London, the government denies prize money for the cargo of silver Pearce took off the Santa Leocadia, claiming it as property of the Crown. Pearce’s prize agent seeks to fight this, only to be outmanoeuvred by the devious Henry Dundas. Worse, some very bad pennies from the past have come back to haunt the life of Emily Barclay and the thief-taker Walter Hodgson.
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- By: David Hayes
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The next book in J. D. Davies Philippe Kermorvant Thrillers, Tyranny's Bloody Standard is now available for pre-order in paperback and on Kindle. It will be released in the UK on 26 October 2023. This series is rare in that it is written from the French perspective.
After a daring escape from a British prison, Philippe Kermorvant returns to France and gains command of a frigate in the Mediterranean, where France is trying to rebuild its decimated fleet.
Facing overwhelming odds, the fleet is forced to flee for refuge to a fortified bay. The prospect of an interminable blockade looms, but Philippe is given leave from his command to meet an enigmatic young general, who has a mission for him.
What follows is a shocking murder, a siege, a whirlwind romance and a duel to the death on the high seas, as Philippe contends with threats from every side. And amidst all this chaos, a terrible face from his past threatens to uproot everything that he has built for himself.
