Donland Books in Order

Lieutenant Donland’s first command should be a straightforward voyage delivering a captured ship to Antigua. A failing hull, spies and a boy wanted by the French turn the assignment into a fight for survival and the future of his career.

Facing half-pay after the American war, Donland accepts a mission to rescue someone important to the crown. A stranded frigate leaves him ashore with few allies, pursued by pirates and ordered to succeed or never return.

Commanding the aging Oxford, Donland intervenes in a battle among Spanish ships and risks his career. French and Spanish enemies, political resentment and treachery draw him into Caribbean conflict as revolution begins to transform France.

On the African coast with half his usual crew and guns, Donland is ordered to recover a frigate taken by pirates. Hidden rivers, a hostile governor and desert winds complicate a search shaped by deception and the danger of traps.

Escorting a transport toward the Falklands during peacetime, Donland becomes entangled in intelligence schemes surrounding powerful new frigates. Pursuit and a daring raid threaten to ignite war, while those directing the mission insist that England’s involvement remain concealed.

Granted extraordinary authority, Donland must evade influential enemies to reach a wreck in the Indian Ocean. A journey through deserts and dangerous seas leads to a desperate naval confrontation, forcing him to weigh loyalty to the king against devastating personal losses.

With a family to support and his naval prospects fading, Donland receives command of the frigate Wessex. Patrolling Florida in 1790, he must expose a plot against British negotiations while learning to trust an unfamiliar crew and confronting privateers.

Sent to South America, Donland becomes the target of a scheme to seize Spanish gold using his frigate Wessex. Betrayal and mutiny leave him wounded and displaced from command, forcing him to plan the recovery of his ship.

Sent to observe unrest in Saint-Domingue, Captain Donland faces orders to avoid involvement while a widow needs rescue. Illness aboard Wessex and threats from rebels make neutrality increasingly difficult as he weighs duty against the lives at risk.

War between Britain and France sends Donland and Wessex hunting privateers in the Gulf of Mexico. A clash with a Spanish frigate tests his command as competing demands of honor, duty, and survival complicate his decisions at sea.

Captain Isaac Donland brings Wessex to the Mediterranean blockade of Toulon under Admiral Rushing. An encounter with three French xebecs tests his crew and seamanship, placing the ship in danger as he struggles to carry out his orders.

Captain Isaac Donland joins the British campaign against French possessions in the West Indies as war resumes in 1793. Commanding the Wessex, he faces dangerous assaults and pursuits while confronting the uncertain rewards of naval victory.

During the Peace of Amiens, unemployed Captain Isaac Donland accepts a covert mission to France in hopes of regaining his frigate. Disguised as merchants, his small crew must gather intelligence and survive increasingly dangerous scrutiny.

In 1803, Isaac Donland leads four ships toward Panama to investigate a secret French and Spanish project. Evidence of a canal and a new explosive forces him to weigh destructive orders against the risk of starting war.

After crossing the Atlantic, Donland’s squadron receives orders to interrupt supplies to French shipyards at Lorient. A failed cutting-out operation and scattering gales leave Hampshire isolated, with two French frigates approaching and no friendly support in sight.