With his own motor yacht, Sea Fox, former naval officer Philip Vivian sets out on a profitable - if legally dubious - adventure, proposed to him by an old comrade-in-arms. But he soon finds himself trapped in a treacherous web of violence and crime.

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.

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.

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.

The Western Ocean 1942. From the bridge of HMS Gladiator, Lieutenant-Commander David Howard's orders were chillingly clear. There could be no mercy. A relentless, savage war against an ever-present enemy and a violent sea -- in an arena known only to its embittered survivors as the killing ground. HMS Gladiator was part of that war. Fighting for survival in a war with no rules...

A novel from the bestselling master storyteller of the sea.
1899, China. The Mandarins are becoming troublesome again and there are rumors that attacks will soon begin on British trade missions and legations. Captain David Blackwood of the Royal Marines, received a VC in the bloody battle for Benin, Africa but is now being packed off to this apparent backwater.
But there are plenty of troubles in store for Blackwood in the shape of an errant nephew and a beautiful German Countess who insists he personally escort her up river on a small steamer into the heart of the country. China is a...