The Aden Effect is Lt. Commander Claude Berube’s first fiction book—he has previously authored three non-fiction books. Berube has a background in Naval Intelligence and seems to have both first-hand experience and solid knowledge of the subject matter of this novel.…
Betrayal, the thirteenth book in Julian Stockwin’s series about Thomas Kydd (A Kydd Sea Adventure), is set in 1806. Captain Kydd, with his beloved frigate L’Aurore, is stationed in Cape Town, which he took part in the capture of as chronicled…
For Love of Country is the second novel in William C. Hammond’s nautical fiction series about the Cutler family. The first was A Matter of Honor. Currently, Hammond has six books planned, he has stated in an interview – the third and…
Ramcat Alan Lewrie is back! Reefs and Shoals is the newest title in Dewey Lambdin’s great naval fiction series from the Napoleonic ages. In the series, we follow Alan Lewrie all the way from his maiden trip as a midshipman, sent away by a…
At the start of Lord Hornblower, the tenth book in the excellent series by C.S. Forester, Horatio Hornblower has been ill and has spent a long time onshore. Finally, he is better and receives new orders. This time Lord St. Vincent sends Commodore…
Once again we follow the exploits of Captain Jack Aubrey, a British naval officer, and Stephen Maturin, Aubrey’s particular friend, ship surgeon, and spy. The Far Side of the World, an excellent navy fiction novel by Patrick O’Brian, is the book that gave…
This is the second book in Richard Woodman’s trilogy about William Kite and the sequel to The Guineaman. The action in The Privateersman takes place at the beginning of the American Revolution. William Kite is now a widower, a ship-owner, and exiled from Liverpool,…
This is the first book in James L. Nelson’s series of nautical fiction set in the revolutionary war era. The key character is Captain Isaac Biddlecomb, an American smuggler. He is not a hero, but rather an ordinary American living…
Commodore Hornblower (UK title: The Commodore) was the fourth Hornblower book to be written, but in the internal chronology of the Hornblower saga, it is the eight. It is among the best books in the Hornblower Saga, It is now 1812, and Hornblower…
The Admirals’ Game is the fifth book in David Donachie’s series about John Pearce. It is 1794, and John Pearce is now a Lieutenant. He has recently returned from the Atlantic. As usual, he gets caught up in power struggles between…
