Cet auteur d'origine australienne crée des thrillers navals captivants, plongeant le lecteur dans le monde aventureux du Capitaine William Rennie. Ses récits sont alimentés par une profonde connexion avec la sphère maritime, se traduisant par des décors vivacement réalisés et des représentations authentiques de la vie en mer. Les lecteurs sont attirés par son habileté à tisser des intrigues complexes avec une action palpitante et une pensée stratégique pointue, reflétant son propre approche méticuleuse de la narration. Son œuvre offre une exploration captivante du courage, de la loyauté et des dangers inhérents rencontrés en haute mer.
Aboard the ship lies a secret that could change the course of the coming war for Britain, and the loss of which could tip the balance irrevocably in favour of Revolutionary France. Rennie and Hayter must play a deadly game involving sea battles, mutiny and breathtaking deception.
Spring 1791Though deeply disturbed by a terrible incident during his previous commission, James Hayter is nevertheless on the verge of taking command of HMS Sloop Eglantine as Master and Commander when personal tragedy shatters his life.
But his happiness is tempered by the knowledge that his former captain and friend, William Rennie, has been left on the beach after the failure of the Rabhet expedition the previous year.
Hayter has his own hopes of a command, but these are cruelly dashed when they reach the capital, where they find the sinister spymaster, Sir Robert Greer is once more behind their deployment. They are to sail in HMS Expedient to the Mediterranean, to assist Britain's ally Rashid Bey of Rabhet, with Hayter yet again Rennie's second in command.
1786: Captain William Rennie is on the beach and on half pay when he's given a prime commission: HMS Expedient is a 36 gun frigate;For Lieutenant James Hayter, in Dorsetshire, whose career had barely begun when the peace came, his own commission in Expedient out of the blue is equally surprising and exciting.