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It’s 1781 and the war with the Colonies is not going well for the British. Admiral Rodney has raided the Dutch island of Saint Eustatius, taking a great fortune in confiscated treasure. He sends a large part of his fleet back to England as escorts for the treasure ship, causing severe consequences later when his ships are needed the most. Vice Admiral Lord Gilbert Anthony is recalled to England for a new assignment, and brings his squadron, including younger brother Captain Gabriel “Sir Gabe” Anthony, who has been given command of Ares, a French prize. She is a razee, a fast and a heavily armed forty-four gun frigate. While in England, Gabe’s life is threatened and he is aided by a h...
Recently promoted to Rear Admiral, Rupert Buck's flag flies aloft HMS Trident as his squadron is formed. Captain Sir Gabriel Anthony, England's latest hero, has been chosen as flag captain. What was to have been a routine mission has suddenly been changed by the Foreign Services Office. American privateers have joined with the French to raid British convoys returning from the Indian Ocean. Buck's squadron has to immediately weigh anchor and rush to meet this new threat. A sudden crisis develops and Gabe suddenly finds himself thrust into command of the squadron. Follow the ships and men under Rear Admiral Buck's flag as they raid a neutral fort, battle the elements and face a powerful enemy with cannons blazing. Praise for Trident: "Reading Michael Aye's books is like listening to an old salt as he relates tales from the past. His stories are bright, bold and brim filled with action while underlying all is the deep and natural rhythm of the sea."-Alaric Bond.
Young Cooper Cain is driven from his home and his country by a nefarious cousin. Little does he expect the life that awaits him... On his way to Antigua from his native England, Cooper finds himself captured by pirates and eventually signs on to be a member of their crew. Follow Cooper Cain as he finds his way aboard a real pirate ship, navigating through extreme danger, love, and loss on the high seas, trying to reconcile his ideals with his adopted way of life.
The war with the colonies is almost over—a war that was not only mishandled but costly. Spain became allies of the Americans, taking many unsuspecting ships and numerous lives. Considering this treachery, the British government feels Spain must pay, and a plan is made to raid the Manila-Acapulco treasure galleons. Gabe Anthony, now a Commodore, leads a squadron to the Pacific via the Magellan Strait in search of the galleon Andalucia. How long will the operation take? Will he survive the Spanish guns and the harsh elements for which the Magellan Strait is famous?
"Chief Contemporary Dramatists" (second series) features 18 plays from England, Ireland, America, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Russia, and Scandinavia, selected and edited by Thomas H. Dickinson. Facsimile reprint, 1921 edition.
In this second exciting adventure of the British Navy in the American Revolution by Michael Aye, the Fighting Anthonys return to wage war against the colonials. This time Gabe is at the center of the action as he takes command for the first time. Not one to stand aside, he leads a daring cutting out expedition that ends disastrously. Separated from the crew, he is presumed dead. But his brother Gil knows better. Love, blood, and battle will unite the brothers once againOCoas long as the seas are running and their powder remains dry! Boson Books also offers The Reaper and Barracuda in the Fighting Anthonys series by Michael Aye. For an author bio, photo, reviews, and a sample read, visit bosonbooks.com."
Will Lee was a surgeon...the best. He was General Bragg's Confederate Army's chief surgeon, when a Union cannonball took off his right hand. For the next several years, Will tried to drown his misery in a bottle. A chance meeting with a one-armed ship's captain changed his life. A freed slave, one that he'd grown up with, carved Will a wooden hand. The skills Will had honed as a surgeon transferred to his ability with a deck of cards and a pistol. When a low-life kidnapped his best friend's wife and his brother's fiancé, Will took action. He soon became known as a man to handle any situation. It was The Rise of the Gray Ghost.
Captain Gilbert Anthony has a lot on his mind. He has just been decorated for extraordinary bravery under fire, been given command of the fourth-rate Drakkar, learned from his father's deathbed that he as a fully grown illegitimate brother, and will soon be dispatched on a special mission chasing pirates in the CaribbeanOC and that's just in the first fifteen pages! Honoring his dying father, the eponymous OC Fighting James Anthony, OCO Vice Admiral of the Blue, Gil takes his half-brother Gabriel into the ship's company as a senior midshipman. As Drakkar sails, Captain Anthony soon realizes having his brother aboard might not be the family reunion he hoped for when he encounters the resentme...
It is six months after Andrew Coppersmith had recovered from a yearlong coma that he is led to believe was the result of a near fatal accident. Nevertheless, Andy doesn’t remember being in any accident. On the other hand, he does remember going to the laboratory of his quantum physics professor, Dr. Davis, over a year ago in October and trying the professor’s invention that Andy thought was a fancy videogame system. However, the professor’s device was really a time machine that sent the college student back in time to Worcestershire, England in the year 1105 A.D. During the time Andy was in Medieval England, he fulfilled his childhood dream of becoming a knight, and experienced adventu...
In the world of the MacGreagors where gossip was the favorite form of entertainment, it was not always easy to keep a secret. Some managed to hide certain truths and take them to the grave, while others were not so successful. Many secrets were small and of no consequence, yet the discovery of one, well guarded secret was about to become deadly.