Chris Durbin Books in Order

In 1756, Virginian captain Edward Carlisle takes HMS Fury to Toulon to gauge a French buildup as peace slides toward war. Winter weather, brittle diplomacy, and the mysterious Chiara Angelini make a reconnaissance mission far more dangerous than it looks.

A Spanish governor fleeing pursuit draws Carlisle and Holbrooke into intrigue across the Caribbean. When Carlisle is badly wounded, Holbrooke must command Medina himself and face a French threat that could shape far more than one small campaign.

After the loss of Minorca, Carlisle and first lieutenant George Holbrooke sail their new frigate Medina to the West Indies. A dying commodore, uneasy crewmen, and an assault on a powerful island fortress test both officers almost at once.

Newly promoted commander George Holbrooke takes the sloop Kestrel to blockade Emden and cut French support to the army in Germany. Assassins, hard bargaining, and a race against time leave little room for mistakes.

Holbrooke is drawn into Britain's experimental coastal raids on France, leading flatboats onto hostile beaches in Normandy and Brittany. The new style of war is chaotic enough, and a failed landing leaves him fighting for survival, freedom, and future command.

Carlisle and Medina join the 1758 campaign against Louisbourg, the great French stronghold guarding the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Siege work, brutal weather, and a hazardous cutting-out attack make this one of the war's toughest operations.

Sent inland with the expedition against Fort Niagara, Holbrooke must fight far from blue water on rivers, boats, and Lake Ontario. He has to improvise quickly, win trust, and help force a French stronghold to fall.

With the attack on Quebec under way, Carlisle helps guide the British advance up the treacherous St. Lawrence. Shipwreck, shifting commands, and Wolfe's campaign turn a naval mission into a grim test of endurance and judgment.

Carlisle carries a British envoy into the Ligurian Sea and finds himself caught between diplomacy, naval rivalry, and trouble inside Chiara's family. What begins as routine duty becomes a dangerous tour through ports where loyalties shift fast.

Newly promoted post-captain George Holbrooke takes frigate Argonaut north to intercept a threatened French landing. The chase circles the British Isles through bad weather, false trails, and growing pressure to stop the enemy before it is too late.

While blockading the last French islands in the Caribbean, Carlisle seizes a New England ship suspected of trading with the enemy. The case leaves him torn between duty to the Crown and loyalty to the colonies that shaped him.

Holbrooke goes ahead of the Belle Isle expedition to place and protect an intelligence agent on the French coast. Espionage, betrayal, and a risky night landing make this one of the darkest tests of his war.

France needs a sharp blow against British trade, and the Newfoundland fisheries become the target. Holbrooke and Argonaut are thrown into cold North Atlantic fighting against an old enemy, where the loss reaches beyond one battle.

Carlisle carries a diplomatic cargo to Havana and then the new governor of Guatemala, with Lady Chiara proving invaluable as interpreter and ally. Beneath the courtesies, signs of Spain's entry into the war are gathering fast.

Holbrooke sails six thousand miles to the River Plate to aid an Anglo-Portuguese expedition against Spanish territory. Shallow water, privateers, and a familiar rival turn the campaign into a tense contest of nerve and local knowledge.

Carlisle helps guide the invasion fleet toward Havana through the dangerous Old Bahama Straits. The campaign promises a decisive strike at Spain, but disease, navigation, and hard bargaining make victory far costlier than anyone hopes.

After losing Dartmouth, Carlisle hopes for a quieter life in Virginia until news from Sardinia forces him to confront Chiara's hidden past. A seemingly simple Mediterranean journey opens into family politics, old loyalties, and real danger.

Set during four tense days of the 1988 Gulf Tanker War, this standalone follows the fictional destroyer HMS Winchester as she escorts merchant ships through the Strait of Hormuz. Missiles, mines, and fast attack craft make every decision feel immediate.

In peacetime, Holbrooke is unexpectedly sent in frigate Orion to search the Pacific for the legendary Straits of Anián. The voyage mixes exploration, imperial ambition, and the uneasy sense that not everyone aboard is who they claim to be.