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Fresh from the dockyard, HMS Pandora heads to sea with an untried crew, a brutal first lieutenant and at least one killer aboard. Captain Banks must hold his ship together before battle, winter and murder tear it apart.

In spring 1795, HMS Vigilant sails as escort to a convoy whose true importance is hidden from most of the crew. Pressed men, volunteers and seasoned sailors must be forged into a fighting ship before the French uncover the mission.

The mutinies at Spithead and the Nore leave Britain dangerously exposed as invasion fears rise. Against that chaos, officers and seamen alike must hold their nerve while the war moves toward the Battle of Camperdown.

Disillusioned with the Royal Navy, Lieutenant Tom King tries life with the East India Company instead. Merchant service proves no quiet escape when storms, privateers and an old enemy turn the voyage into a dangerous reckoning.

In 1798, rebellion in Ireland and French intervention pull friends and shipmates onto opposing sides. Storms, politics and divided loyalties drive the story toward a tense naval clash where patriotism comes at a heavy price.

Autumn 1801, Commander Griffin takes charge of a revenue cutter on the Sussex coast and vows to break a major smuggling ring. At sea the enemy is clear enough, but ashore every friendship may hide betrayal.

HMS Scylla should be on her way home for a long overdue refit, but one last voyage sends her to St. Helena with passengers and cargo to protect. What looks routine soon turns into a fight against weather, politics and the French.

Damaged, delayed and badly needed, HMS Prometheus must be made ready to join Nelson off Toulon. As repairs drag on, her crew face pirates, enemy fire and divisions aboard ship that threaten the mission from within.

During the uneasy Peace of Amiens, two young outsiders in Hastings set off on very different paths. One moves toward the Revenue Service, the other toward smuggling and espionage, while the coast grows more dangerous by the day.

War with France flares again, and Sir Richard Banks takes command of the newly refitted HMS Prometheus. The ship looks formidable, but trouble within the ranks may prove as dangerous as anything waiting beyond the horizon.

Shipwreck leaves a band of Royal Navy sailors stranded within sight of rescue, and within reach of the French. Their struggle for survival turns into a hard chase across sea and shore, with treachery never far behind.

Commander King thinks HMS Kestrel is ready for sea, but the war has other plans. Battle, capture and imprisonment in France force him and his men to fight for freedom far from the quarterdeck.

Fresh from bringing news of victory at Trafalgar, Tom King finds his future uncertain and his ship in need of work. A sudden secret mission sends HMS Hare into bad weather, hostile waters and danger that will not reveal itself until the orders are opened.

HMS Mistral comes out of refit without the one thing she most needs, her captain. While Tom King fights for survival elsewhere, the ship's trials become a harsh test of loyalty, nerve and whether she will sail under his command at all.

Autumn 1941, the Dover Strait is a killing ground for Britain's Coastal Forces. Lieutenant Robert Harris and the crew of a motor gunboat, most of them civilians in uniform, must learn fast as air raids, artillery and German E-boats close in.

A valuable convoy, a dangerous North Atlantic passage and a captain who may be his own ship's weakest point set the stakes here. As HMS Tenacious closes with enemy raiders, command itself becomes part of the battle.

In 1811, worsening tension between Britain and the United States turns trade disputes into something deadlier. HMS Tenacious must face storms, slavery, privateers and the painful shock of meeting old friends as new enemies.

After years on the North American Station, HMS Tenacious finally seems bound for home and rest. A strange encounter changes everything, drawing the crew toward a ruthless new threat off North Africa.

January 1942 brings new faces, a new flotilla and no time to settle aboard MGB 194. As action in the Channel intensifies, the crew are thrown into brutal close-range fighting and a daring operation with heavy consequences.

The men of MGB 194 keep charging into the Channel from Dover, facing E-boats, guns and sudden violence at sea. At the same time, marriages, secrets and criminal pressures ashore make the war feel even closer.