Newsflash

Following the death of the owner, Fireship Press LLC, (publishers of the first five Fighting Sail books), will close at the end of August. These titles are currently being updated and revised before moving to Old Salt Press. His Majesty’s Ship should reappear shortly, and it is hoped the entire series will be under the OSP banner by the end of 2024.

The Scent of Corruption

Summer 1803: The uneasy peace with France is over, and Britain has once more been plunged into the turmoil of war.

After a spell on the beach, Sir Richard Banks is appointed to HMS Prometheus, a seventy-four gun line-of-battleship which an eager Admiralty looses no time in ordering to sea. The ship is fresh from a major re-fit, but Banks has spent the last year with his wife and young family: will he prove himself worthy of such a powerful vessel, and can he rely on his officers to support him?

With action both aboard ship and ashore, sea battles, a daring rescue and intense personal intrigue, The Scent of Corruption is a non-stop nautical thriller in the best traditions of the genre.

Number seven in the Fighting Sail series.

The Seventh book in the 'Fighting Sail' series