Song of the Sirens by Earnest Kellog Gann Ernest K. Gann was a sailor, a professional airline pilot, and above all, a writer. Fate is the Hunter, The High and the Mighty, Island in the Sky, Blaze of Noon and In the Company of Eagles. This modern seafaring epic follows the Martin family through nearly 70 years of British maritime history. As a professional sailor, Richard Woodman has sailed in a variety of ships serving from apprentice to captain. Besides the Nathaniel Drinkwater series, he has written nautical fiction about tea-clippers and cargo liners and is a member of the Society for Nautical Research.
Woodman lives in England and is considered one of the strongest voices in nautical fiction today.
John Mackinnon and his ship, the Matthew Flinders, are embarking on their last voyage. Sharpe's Trafalgar by Bernard Cornwell Ensign Richard Sharpe is back in Sharpe's Trafalgar, the 17th in Bernard Cornwell's remarkable series of Sharpe novels. Sharpe is at the thick of things again, but this time not on the battlefield, but on the high seas. The year is 1805 and Sharpe is stuck in Bombay, waiting passage back to England on the Calliope. The scene is set for a romantic but eventful passage, which becomes even more entangled as the Calliope is surprised by the rogue French warship the Revenant.