#1 – An Eye of the Fleet
Action in Admiral Rodney's dramatic Moonlight Battle of 1780, when Cyclops' capture of the Santa Teresa plays a decisive part, is the start of Nathaniel Drinkwater's life at sea. HMS Cyclops is involved in pursuing American privateers who are a danger to British trade and Drinkwater…
#2 – A King’s Cutter
It is 1792 and Nathaniel Drinkwater is back in the Royal Navy, this time appointed to the twelve-gun cutter Kestrel, commanded by the inscrutable Madoc Griffiths. With the gathering menace of the French Revolution, he is involved in secret and dangerous operations off the French Coast…
#3 – A Brig of War
In A Brig of War, Nathaniel Drinkwater is promoted lieutenant of the brig Hellebore. He finds routine convoy escort duties end abruptly when Admiral Nelson, pursuing the French fleet to Egypt, sends Hellebore to the Red Sea with an urgent warning to the British squadron there.…
#4 – The Bomb Vessel
A young captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is given command of an old Ship, the Virago, to be sent to the Baltic as a bomb vessel. Drinkwater’s ambition is to turn it back into a fighting ship, but his plans are thwarted. At the same time, Drinkwater’s brother…
#5 – The Corvette
The frozen splendor of the Arctic Ocean and the absorbing drama of a nineteenth century whale hunt unfold as Drinkwater escorts a whaling fleet to Greenland and meets disaster, treachery and death. The novel combines detailed Age of Sail operations with intelligence, command and divided loyalties,…
#6 – 1805
In the tradition of C.S. Forester, ex-sailor Richard Woodman brings history to life in a rousing tale of daring deeds and clashing cutlasses. it is the summer of 1804 and Napoleon is massing his vast army for the invasion of England. His powerful Combined Fleet is…
#7 – Baltic Mission
In the seventh tale of the highly acclaimed Drinkwater series, Captain Drinkwater's frigate, HMS Antigone, is ordered to the Baltic Sea in the spring of 1807 as Napoleon's grip has begun to reach across Europe to the borders of Holy Russia. As country after country falls…
#8 – In Distant Waters
From the tide-torn waters of the Thames, where Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is compelled to hand a deserter, to the seas off Cape Horn, storm-scoured gateway to the Pacific, the great cruiser PATRICIAN is tense with the threat of mutiny. Despite this, Drinkwater captures a Spanish frigate…
#9 – A Private Revenge
After a typhoon, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater brings HMS Patrician into the Pearl River and becomes entangled in political and commercial tensions along the China coast. The British occupation of Macao, disputes with local authorities and the presence of foreign traders turn a necessary refuge into a…
#10 – Under False Colours
Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater is sent into the Baltic under a concealed identity while Britain’s relationship with Russia remains uncertain. His mission requires him to move through neutral and hostile waters, interpret unreliable intelligence and protect a ship whose true purpose cannot be disclosed even to everyone…
#11 – The Flying Squadron
In 1811, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater discovers a scheme designed to exploit the growing hostility between Britain and the United States. The conspiracy threatens British naval power, commercial credit and the government itself at a moment when the Royal Navy is already stretched by the war against…
#12 – Beneath the Aurora
As Napoleon’s position weakens in Germany, Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater receives evidence of a secret agreement involving the United States. His orders take him north into the Norwegian fjords, where coastal batteries, ice and uncertain local loyalties make every movement of his ship hazardous. The mission combines…
#13 – The Shadow of the Eagle
It is 1814 and Napoleon has abdicated as Emperor of the French. King Louis XVIII is brought out of his English exile and escorted back to France by an Allied squadron commanded by the Duke of Clarence. The "Great War" is at an end and Europe…
#14 – Ebb Tide
1843: Captain Nathaniel Drinkwater’s career concludes as he is drawn from retirement and embarks on the paddle-steamer Vestal for a final mission to inspect lighthouses on the west coast of England, where he is faced with a tragic incident and must confront his past. The novel…