Historic Naval Fiction The Home of Naval Fiction Set in the Age of Sail

If you are following  Robert V. S. Redick's fantasy adventure about a giant sailing warship, The Chathrand Voyage, the latest installment The Night of the Swarm will be out in hardcover worldwide on 17 May 2012. It is now available for pre-order.

The latest Alan Lewrie novel by Dewey Lambdin titled Reefs and Shoals, due for release on 17 January 2012, is now available for pre-order in hardcover worldwide.

Pity poor Captain Alan Lewrie, RN! He's been wind-muzzled for weeks in Portsmouth, snugly tucked into a warm shore bed with lovely, and loving, Lydia Stangbourne, a Viscount's daughter, and beginning to enjoy indulging his idle streak, when Admiralty tears Lewrie away and orders him to the Bahamas, into the teeth of ferocious winter storms. It's enough to make a rake-hell such as he weep and kick

Author John Stack has a new novel which is now available for pre-order in the UK, Armada, due for release in Hardcover on 5 January 2012. It is currently only listed in the US as available via Kindle on that date.

Two nations are locked in bitter conflict. One strives for dominance, the other for survival.

After decades of religious strife, Elizabeth sits on the throne of England. The reformation continues. Catholic revolts have been ruthlessly quashed, and Elizabeth has ordered the execution of her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots. On the continent bloody religious wars rage, but England stands apart, her

Brian Arthur has a new book which is available for pre-order in hardcover, How Britain Won the War of 1812: The Royal Navy's Blockades of the United States, 1812-1815. It will be released wordlwide on 17 November 2011.

The War of 1812 between Britain and the United States was fought on many fronts: single ship actions in the Atlantic; a US invasion of Canada, which the Canadians heroically resisted; the burning of the new US capital, Washington, by the British, the President's house subsequently painted white to hide the fire damage; and an

David Pulvertaft has a new book out  which has just been released in hardcover in the UK, Figureheads of the Royal Navy. It will be available in the US on 15 October 2011 and can be pre-ordered.

The first figureheads that were carved to represent the names of British warships appeared during the reign of Henry VIII; the last ones were carved in the early years of the twentieth century. During the intervening three hundred and fifty years it is estimated that some 5000 ships of the Royal Navy carried a figurehead of some description. This book follows the development of these diverse carvings, examining how the figurehead carvers interpreted the names