Independent Action: Kinkaid in the North Atlantic
The Jonathan Kinkaid Series by Michael Winston is a highly regarded, meticulously researched, nautical fiction, action-adventure series for readers of all ages. Each book is based on actual events; each takes us to a different theatre of the war at sea during the American Revolution. Available in all formats. All with four and five star reviews and with cover art by the author.  Volume Two: In "Uprising" Kinkaid is given command of his own ship, Swift, of sixteen guns. His mission: to assist a major of marines with a mysterious assignment that takes them to the jungle island of Dominica, inhabited by cannibalistic Caribe Indians, and to gain information of any pirate activity in the Virgin Islands that may interfere with American shipping from St. Eustatia to American shores.Volume Three: "Hazardous Duty"finds Kinkaid in command of the 18-gun sloop of war, Ranger, tasked with scouting duties for the Continental Fleet in this third volume of the Jonathan Kinkaid Series.Volume Four: "Tidings of Victory" tells of Captain Kinkaid and his seagoing patriots taking the news of our great victory at Saratoga to Benjamin Franklin in Paris. Filled with spies and saboteurs, intrigue and villainy, this masterfully written tale is another triumph of high-seas adventure in the Winston style.Volume Five: In "The Treasure Ship" Kinkaid takes command of America's premier warship, the powerful 40-gun frigate Alliance, tasked with picking up 100,000 Spanish-milled dollars from the port of Havana, Cuba and delivering it to the coffers of Congress in Philadelphia. Needless to say there are many forces who hope to claim this vast fortune for themselves and others who would be just as happy to ensure it never reaches American shores. From the wind in the rigging to the roar of broadsides, The Treasure Ship has everything one expects in a Kinkaid adventure.Volume Six: "TheLake War" takes us back to Kinkaid's first assignment as a Continental naval officer when he is sent to the north woods of New York State to assist General Benedict Arnold in the building and fighting of an inland fleet on Lake Champlain to stop the British advance.The sixth volume in the Jonathan Kinkaid series is now available. "The Lake War: Kinkaid with the Inland Fleet," tells the story of Kinkaid's first assignment when he is sent to help General Arnold on Lake Champlain in the building and fighting of a fleet of gunboats to stop the British advance into the colonies.