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.

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.

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...

Kiel Harbour, 1945 - the war in Europe is at an end. But for Lieutenant Vere Marriott and the men of MGB 801, moored amid a nightmare of devastation, it is an uneasy, unsettled peace.

The human torpedo, or chariot, is the ultimate weapon in a war, and only men of extreme courage or recklessness volunteer for the Special Operations missions requiring its use. Reeman has also written 22 novels under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.

A novel from the bestselling master storyteller of the sea.
The crack German heavy cruiser Prinz Luitpold had always been lucky in battle. To the beleaguered army on the Baltic coast she was their one remaining symbol of hope. But it is the summer of 1944, and on every front the war is going badly for Germany.
When the roder comes to leave the Baltic to attack and destroy enemy shipping in the Atlantic, Kapitan zur See Dieter Hechler knows that once out in the vast killing ground it will only be a matter of time before the hunter becomes the hunted. The Prinz will need...

A novel from the bestselling master storyteller of the sea.
It was an age of Empire, an age of contrast, and an age of dramatic change -- and one which would determine the destinies of nations as well as of men. Captain Philip Blackwood of the Royal Marines rejoins his ship, HMS Audacious, in the August of 1850, anxious to get back into action. Per Mare -- Per Terram is the Marines' motto.
In the torturous heat of Africa, where they are sent to stamp out the remaining strongholds of slavery, and later, in the bitter war of the Crimea, Philip Blackwood and his men learn to...

1941: to the residents and defense forces of the Crown Colony of Hong Kong, the war in Europe remains remote. Even the massive build-up of Japanese forces on the Chinese border cannot dent their carefree optimism. Yet one man suspects the truth. Lieutenant-Commander Esmond Brooke, captain of HMS "Serpent" and a veteran of the cruel Atlantic, sees all too clearly the folly and incompetence of Hong Kong's colonial administration. To Brooke, attack by Japan seems inevitable. But, in war, there will always be some who attempt the impossible, even in the face of death. This is the story of one...

It is January 1944 and on the grey waters of the Atlantic the balance of power has shifted. Rudolf Steiger, ace U-boat commander, is dedicated and fanatical. He has become a legend in his own time, a symbol of Germany's greatness.

The old submarine-chaser USS Hibiscus is suddenly ordered to the desolate island group of Payenhau. For Captain Mark Gunnar, the new command is a chance to even the score against a ruthless, unrelenting enemy, but Payenhau is very different from his expectations and a crisis develops that he must face alone.