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History
Pompous, blustering, newly appointed Captain Kaye has been assigned on a mission to the West Indies on his new ship Biter... Brutal conditions and forced labour are causing the slaves on the sugar plantations to rebel... See More
Action & Adventure
It is 1782 and England's Royal Navy rules the waves. But one impatient young captain is far from happy merely policing the maritime highways. 'We need some action, Tim, some proper action with steel and smoke and powder... See More
Historical Fiction
Bill Wiley has seen action - some of it open, much of it covert - in many of the world's most dangerous places. In his country's name, he has brought lives to an end, rarely expecting to understand the reasoning behind... See More
Teen & Young Adult
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Charlie Raven is intent on a life at sea. But when he joins his uncle Captain Hector Maxwell, a man who despises him, he is in for a stormier ride than he could have imagined. Maxwell is the 'owner' of the Pointer, a... See More
History
By the time he was invalided back from the disastrous expedition up the Rio San Juan in an attempt to destroy Spain's hold on central America, Nelson - at the age of only 22 - was 'a dead man walking.' He was carried ashore... See More
History
Will Sea Officer Bentley survive his greatest challenge yet? With the 'Biter' sunk beneath the Caribbean waves, along with Captain 'Slack Dickie' Kaye's corrupted dream of riches, Will Bentley is forced deeper into the... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
To people like Jessica Roberts and Rory Collins, the bloody, unfolding story of their native Northern Ireland is no more than a sombre background to their day-to-day existence. They are young, well-to-do, and attractive... See More
Urban
When go-getting Scottish journalist Rosanna Nixon sets up an interview with glamourous, "rich bitch and all-round genius" Thea Astley she sees it as a smooth and easy route to getting her chaotic life back on track. With... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Rosanna Nixon - a small but feisty one-girl awkward squad known as the Mouse - is beginning to realize that her job is choking her to death. Her rival tabloid newshounds want to screw her - in every way - and they haven't... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
The middle of the eighteenth century. France and England are at war. Charlie Raven is part of the crew on board the Pointer, trying to gain control of the seas. His captain Hector Maxwell is a cruel master. He commands... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
'A painfully authentic portrayal of naval life in the 18th century. A powerful story of lost humanity... its violent emotions are shattering.' The Guardian Over a quartet of enthralling novels that cross the continents and... See More
Action & Adventure
The Dreadful Havoc. After the disastrous expedition up the Rio San Nelson - at the age of only 22 - is 'a dead man walking.' He is carried ashore at Port Royal in a cot, and saved from certain death only by the... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
'A painfully authentic portrayal of naval life in the 18th century. A powerful story of lost humanity... its violent emotions are shattering.' The Guardian The evil reputation of Captain Daniel Swift, coupled with the... See More
History
1818. The Battle of Waterloo has been fought and won. Napoleon has been exiled to St Helena, left by the British to spend the rest of his days rotting away in obscurity. But many still worship him as a God amongst men... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
Buster Crabb was a hero - but he was going to have to die... The world's most famous frogman, and the inspiration behind Ian Fleming's Thunderball, Crabb was underneath a Russian warship spying on Nikita Khrushchev - the... See More
History
Sea Officer William Bentley is back... A survivor of the bloody mutiny on the Welfare, the young Bentley resumes his naval career with some reluctance, for he finds himself posted as an officer to the press tender, Biter... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
For Horatio Nelson, life on the West Indies station has been a disappointment. While other men have fought the American rebels, he has been forced to cruise the Caribbean disrupting Spanish shipping, and harrying the... See More
Humour & Satire
An extraordinary memoir about the sainted William Shakespeare, from unique and newly discovered documents written by the Bard himself, with personal input from his wife Anne and associates including Christopher Marlowe, John... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
THE BLOOD HOUND: A gruesome tragedy that became the first ever English murder to be solved by a dog. Kindle Edition By Jan Needle (author) A happy little girl called Emily is skipping home to have her tea. She has won a... See More
Crime, Thriller & Mystery
This book, previously published as The Skinback Fusiliers, is short, funny, bitter and uncompromising, and retells the real experiences of three young men who join the army because they think it will deal them better hands... See More
Classics
Action & Adventure
Originally written as a TV serial, A Game of Soldiers caused a storm of Government anger when ITV refused to pull it from the schedules. Shortly afterwards, it was nominated for a Bafta award, and publishers scrambled for... See More
Action & Adventure
It struck him suddenly that they were boats, high-speed inflatables with plumes of water at the front and foaming fountains dragged along behind. They were packed with crouching men, with AK47s, hand grenades, and they were... See More
Children's eBooks
My Mate Shofiq is a children's novel that many people think is too tough for mere children to read. It is about the friendship between two Oldham boys which even they, at first, think is unlikely and unnecessary. Bernard... See More
Children's eBooks
Albeson and the Germans was the first of Jan Needle's books that challenged the notion that children needed to be somehow mollycoddled or written down to. Set very firmly in his own background as a slum kid in Portsmouth, it... See More
Humour & Satire
When Gregor Goinn and Horus Nicholae de Peperpott Paste-Shippam meet on their first day at Eton, they know they are made for each other. Horus is rich, conceited and utterly amoral, while Gregor is so twisted that he is... See More