The Guardship

<p><b><i>If you like Patrick O'Brian and Bernard Cornwell, you will love this exciting, action-packed maritime adventure from bestselling author James Nelson. </i></b><br><b><br>"A master both of his period and of the English language" -- PATRICK O'BRIAN</b><br><b>"Brilliant...Readers will gladly be swept along by a wonderful plot" -- <i>PUBLISHERS WEEKLY</i></b><br><b>"Don't just buy this one to see if you like it, get the three at once and cancel any engagements for the next several days." -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b>"Read it far too quickly" -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b>"Superb" -- ***** Reader review</b><br><b><br>********************************************************</b><br><br><b>WHEN THE PAST THREATENS TO CATCH UP WITH HIM, CAN HE MUSTER THE STRENGTH HE NEEDS? </b><br><br>When <b>Thomas Marlowe</b> decides to renounce his life as a pirate - and keep it a secret, he uses the bounty he has amassed to purchase a fine Virginia plantation from a beautiful young widow, <b>Elizabeth Tinling.</b><br><br>While defending her honour, he kills the favourite son of one of the colony's most powerful families. But in a clever piece of manoeuvring, he manages to win command of the <b>Plymouth Prize</b>, the colony's decrepit guardship, and is charged with leading the King's sailors in battle against the cutthroats who infest the waters off Virginia's shores.<br><br>A threat from his illicit past appears, however, as an old pirate enemy plots to seize the colony's wealth, forcing Marlowe to choose between losing all - or facing the one man he fears.<br><br><b><i>The Guardship</i></b><b> is the first book of the <i>Brethren of the Coast</i> trilogy. Marlowe's story continues in <i>The Blackbirder</i>.</b></p>