It is February 1943 and as the balance of the war slowly changes in Britain's favour, Lieutenant Commander Steven Marshall brings his battle-scarred submarine into home port. But if the enemy collapse is to be exploited, Marshall and his men must soon return to the Mediterranean.

Indo-China 1941, and cruising somewhere off Saigon is the world's largest, most dangerous submarine, the French Soufriere. The British navy must capture and use her in the defence of Singapore before she is used against them. For Commander Robert Ainslie it is the supreme challenge of his career.

Commander, Graham Martineau was awarded the Victoria Cross for pressing home attack against impossible odds. Few survived, and crimson ribbon remains a haunting symbol of the sacrifice of ships and men. Now, as captain of the crack Tribal Class destroyer HMS Hakka, Martineau must prepare to defend to the death vital convoys to Russia.

The mine is an impartial killer, and a lethal challenge to any volunteer in the Special Countermeasures of the Royal Navy.
They are brave, lonely men with something to prove or nothing left to lose. Lieutenant-Commander David Masters, haunted by a split second glimpse of the mine that destroyed his first and only command, H.M. Submarine "Tornado, "now defuses the beast on land and teaches the same deadly science to others who too often die in the attempt."

It is 1943, and Captain Mike Blackwood, Royal Marine Commando, is a survivor. Young, toughened and tried in the hellish crucible of Burma, he labours, sometimes faltering, beneath the weight of tradition, the glorious heritage of his family, and the burden of his own self-doubt. This novel spans 150 years in the history of a seafaring family.

January 1970: Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Blackwood is murdered in Cyprus. Disillusioned and grieving for his distinguished father, Lieutenant Ross Blackwood believes there is little future for him in the Corps. The Royal Marines have been reduced in strength, and their role in a modern world, after so splendid a tradition, is marginalized.
But Ross's loyalty and dedication to the Corps sustain him from vicious guerilla warfare in Malaysia, through the moral and political minefields of Northern Ireland, where one man's terrorist is another's patriot, to the South Atlantic, and a conflict as...

The Battle of Jutland exposed the battlecruisers weakness, its armour could be pierced by a single shell. As Britain prepares to invade occupied Europe, the Reliant is the last of her class. Knowing her flaws, the Captain enters the conflagration awaiting death or glory. A paperback edition of a novel from the author of A DAWN LIKE THUNDER.

The Volunteers were the men and women of the Royal Navy's Special Operations units, carrying out lightning raids on hostile coasts. Each was hand-picked for their individual skills, and all of them were courageous. This is the story of a small group of such people.

They are called 'The Glory Boys', by those who regard their exploits with envy or contempt. Bob Kearton is one of them. Already a veteran & survivor of the close action in the English Channel & North Sea, in January of 1943 he is ordered to the Mediterranean & beleagured Malta, a mere 60 miles from occupied Sicily.

Set in the years 1914-1918, this is the third book in the Blackwood saga. For three generations, members of the Blackwood family served the Royal Marines with distinction. With the outbreak of World War I, at last comes Jonathan Blackwood's turn to carry the family name into battle.