Under the Black Ensign

Tom Bristol barely escapes an unjust death sentence aboard the British HMS Terror when the ship is overtaken by pirates. Soon enough, Bristol is stranded on a desert island for stopping a pirate mutiny. When Lady Jane Campbell joins Tom at sea, things really set sail in this swashbuckling adventure.

Cargo of Coffins

Lars Marlin signs on as captain of an oceangoing yacht where his arch-nemesis, Paco Corvino (a man who considers murder a pastime) is aboard. Lars discovers Paco working as the chief steward, but suspects he is up to no good and their voyage aboard the crowded vessel will likely prove to be a final bloody showdown at sea.

False Cargo

Brent Calloway is hired by an insurance firm to board a cargo vessel undercover and ensure it makes its way to San Diego in one piece. Once the voyage is underway, Calloway finds fraud, a pattern of organized scuttlings and the true fate of another vessel captained by an old friend. But when Calloway’s true identity is revealed, he must fight for his life—and the real danger begins.

Loot of the Shanung

Ace reporter Jimmy Vance is hired by the beautiful Virginia Rockham to locate her missing father, billionaire oil magnate George Harley Rockham, only to find himself in the  middle of a deadly scheme to topple a Chinese oil empire.

Mister Tidwell, Gunner

Mister Tidwell is pressed into British naval service to instruct twelve-year-old midshipmen of Lord Nelson’s fleet. But this Oxford-educated academic soon finds himself thrust into the heat of battle with Napoleon’s forces, alone and without support. 

Sea Fangs

In an attempt to reclaim his stolen oil fields, Bob Sherman secretly hires on as a deckhand aboard the yacht of Herbert Marmion, the man who ruthlessly stole them. When a hurricane sends the yacht to an uncharted island, the entire crew is captured by pirates—including Marmion’s beautiful daughter.

The Phantom Patrol

Officer Johnny Trescott is caught in a deadly sea adventure when a drug runner captures his Coast Guard boat, and uses it and Johnny’s uniform to raid ships and traffic drugs. When authorities arrest Johnny and throw him in jail, he must somehow escape and bring the cutthroat to justice—or face the gallows himself.

Twenty Fathoms Down

Diver Hawk Ridley has to battle against a rival salvage crew that will stop at nothing to steal the unimaginable wealth he’s found in the depths of the Caribbean Sea. A feat that is further complicated by a beautiful stowaway. . . .