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41) Cursed command
Author
Series
Angel in the whirlwind volume 3
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
403 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
"Captain Kat Falcone owes her life and career to her former right-hand man, William McElney, and she did everything in her power to make sure he was front and center for a promotion. But now that he has it, she fears he'll have to watch his back. Captain McElney has been assigned to HMS Uncanny--nicknamed Unlucky--a heavy cruiser tainted by the mysterious deaths of two former captains and rumors of mutineers. Nevertheless, as the interstellar war...
Author
Series
The adventurers quartet volume 2
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Description
Robert is the second-eldest Frobisher brother and is summoned to follow up on the secret mission started by his brother Declan. Arriving at the west African seaport settlement, he meets Aileen, who is determined to find her cousin who disappeared along with the other missing people Robert has been sent to find. Naturally, their paths cross. Robert knows how dangerous prying into this mystery is. Other than Declan, everyone else who has investigated...
Author
Series
Charles Hayden novels volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
435 pages
Description
"Charles Hayden returns in the thrilling new naval adventure from bestselling author S. Thomas Russell, today's "Patrick O'Brian for a new generation" (Kirkus Reviews). Master and Commander Charles Hayden has received fresh orders that take him and the HMS Themis to the Caribbean, with instructions to meddle with French shipping to the colonies. While en route, they rescue two Spanish castaways who beg for help fleeing from a vengeful family situation-Hayden...
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 21
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
353 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Description
"In Kings and Emperors, the twenty-first book in Dewey Lambdin's beloved Alan Lewrie series, Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy, is still in Gibraltar, his schemes for raids along the coast of Southern Spain shot to a halt. He is reduced to commanding a clutch of harbor defense gunboats in the bay while his ship, HMS Sapphire, slowly grounds herself on a reef of beef bones! Until Napoleon Bonaparte's invasion of peaceful Portugal and his so-called collaborative...
Author
Series
Alan Lewrie naval adventures volume 20
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
355 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Description
"The year 1807 starts out badly for Captain Alan Lewrie, Royal Navy. His frigate HMS Reliant has a new captain, he's living at his father's estate at Anglesgreen, among spiteful neighbors and family, and he's recovering from a wound suffered in the South Atlantic. At last, there's a bright spot. When fit, Admiralty awards him a new commission; not a frigate but a clumsy, slow two-decker Fourth Rate 50. Are his frigate days over for good? Lewrie's...
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Series
Publisher
HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
455 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
Fiercely independent and adventurous, Poppy Bridgerton will only wed a suitor whose keen intellect and interests match her own. Sadly, none of the fools from her London season qualify. While visiting a friend on the Dorset coast, Poppy is pleasantly surprised to discover a smugglers hideaway tucked inside a cave. But her delight turns to dismay when two pirates kidnap her and take her aboard a ship, leaving her bound and gagged on the captains bed...
48) Tempest runner
Author
Series
Publisher
Del Rey
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xv, 568 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
"The Nihil storm has raged through the galaxy, leaving chaos and grief in its wake. Few of its raiders are as vicious as the Tempest Runner Lourna Dee. She stays one step ahead of the Jedi Order at the helm of a vessel named after one of the deadliest monsters in the galaxy: the Lourna Dee. But no one can outrun the defenders of the High Republic forever.After the defeat of her crew, Lourna falls into the hands of the Jedi - but not before she hides...
49) Crucible of gold
Author
Series
Temeraire volume 7
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2012
Description
"Naomi Novik's beloved series returns, with Capt. Will Laurence and his fighting dragon Temeraire once again taking to the air against the broadsides of Napoleon's forces and the friendly--and sometimes not-so-friendly--fire of British soldiers and politicians who continue to suspect them of divided loyalties, if not outright treason. For Laurence and Temeraire, put out to pasture in Australia, it seems their part in the war has come to an end just...
50) Fevered star
Author
Series
Between earth and sky volume 2
Pub. Date
2022.
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Description
"The great city of Tova is shattered. The sun is held within the smothering grip of the Crow God's eclipse, but a comet that marks the death of a ruler and heralds the rise of a new order is imminent. As sea captain Xiala is swept up in the chaos and currents of change, she finds an unexpected ally in the former Priest of Knives. For the Clan Matriarchs of Tova, tense alliances form as far-flung enemies gather and the war in the heavens is reflected...
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"Based on the remarkable true story of the Carpathia--the only ship and her legendary captain who answered the distress call of the sinking Titanic. Just after midnight on April 15, 1912, the passenger steamship Carpathia receives a distress signal from the largest passenger liner ever built, RMS Titanic, which is on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York. Captain Arthur Rostron is awakened to an enormous maritime emergency with...
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
323 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Description
"Acclaimed, award-winning author James L. Nelson - praised as "a master of both his period and the English language" by Patrick O'Brian - returns to the world of sea and sail in this page-turning historical novel. Jack Biddlecomb has much to live up to, being as he is the eldest son of the esteemed Captain Isaac Biddlecomb, wealthy merchant captain, leading light of the War for American Independence, and newly-minted congressman. Jack finds himself...
53) Desperate fire
Author
Series
Angel in the whirlwind volume 4
Publisher
47North
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 21 cm.
Description
As the Commonwealth produces more starships and increases recruits, victory begins to slip from Theocratic control. This can only make the Theocracy more desperate to win...and more dangerous to fight. After a mission to liberate an occupied planet ends in nuclear devastation, Kat Falcone--now a commodore in command of HMS Queen Elizabeth--sees firsthand just how far the enemy will go. Suddenly dealing with the war effort and a humanitarian crisis,...
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