John Drake Books in Order

Captured by pirates, merchant seaman John Silver joins forces with former naval officer Joseph Flint in pursuit of fortune. Their uneasy partnership unravels as Flint’s greed and their involvement with escaped slave Selena turn ambition into bitter rivalry.

Marooned with his crew and buried treasure, Long John Silver awaits the return of his enemy Joseph Flint. As Flint tries to raise an army while evading the Royal Navy, disease and dwindling time threaten both men’s ambitions.

Captured pirate captain Flint plots to seize the naval ship carrying him to execution. Meanwhile, Long John Silver abandons a final prize to rescue his wife in London, setting both men on another collision course.

Seeking a commercial future in Jamaica, Fletcher encounters a dangerous agitator and an island nearing violence. News of his survival also reaches the stepmother determined to destroy him, leaving escape from England's intrigues less secure than he hoped.

Illegally seized by a press gang, apprentice Jacob Fletcher finds himself aboard a British frigate facing the French fleet. Unknown to him, a wealthy man's will has made him an heir and a target for a murderous family.

Fletcher's pursuit of a merchant's fortune repeatedly drags him into naval service and a major battle against France. While he tries to survive at sea, enemies in London investigate his past and scheme to remove him from their way.

In 1944, RAF officer David Landau is assigned to investigate a German weapon capable of destroying entire cities. Uncovering the work of its brilliant young inventor becomes a dangerous mission with consequences for the course of the war.

Enslaved engineer Ikaros hopes a public works project will earn him freedom in Roman Londinium. When someone in his master’s household is murdered, he must identify the killer before Roman law condemns the innocent slaves around him.

Fletcher is ordered to stop steam-engine technology reaching France and receives his own ship for the task. The mission becomes more troubling when destroying the invention also means killing its creators, testing his willingness to obey ruthless instructions.

In London in 1798, scandalous secrets among the aristocracy threaten to damage the nation. Across the Channel, Napoleon waits for an opportunity to invade, bringing deception at home into dangerous proximity with the prospect of foreign attack.

Skilled navigator Olof Torkillson joins a Viking expedition from Denmark, drawn by the promise of plunder. Fierce resistance in Northumbria and bitter rivalries within the expedition lead toward an even greater confrontation when the raiders return home.

As Londinium prepares for its governor’s grand games, rival factions see opportunities to pursue their own ambitions. A series of murders draws Ikaros and military hero Morganus into an investigation linking local unrest with resistance to Roman rule.

Sent east to counter an ambitious East India Company director, Fletcher becomes entangled with a samurai seeking British weapons. Escaping a trap in India, he reaches Japan as civil war begins and competing imperial plans threaten everyone involved.

Dr Livesey’s recovered account offers a different version of the voyage to Treasure Island, challenging familiar stories about Flint’s death and Silver’s wife. At its centre stands Jim Hawkins, whose apparent heroism conceals a far more treacherous character.

A diplomatic voyage introduces Fletcher to an extraordinary diamond and sends him searching for its African source. His pursuit draws him into supplying and fighting alongside a Zulu leader, complicating both his ambitions and the journey home.

Just as Fletcher settles into trade and becomes fascinated by flight, a new naval commission returns him to danger. Protecting Ireland leads toward a Baltic rescue mission, where political enemies and dubious orders challenge his ingenuity and conscience.

Asked to investigate a hero’s death and a troubling new religion, enslaved engineer Ikaros confronts growing unrest in Roman Britain. Threats against those he loves complicate negotiations between native Celts and occupiers that could transform the province’s future.

This companion follows the turbulent career of reluctant naval hero Sir Jacob Fletcher, bringing together his ships, lovers, enemies and adventures. Georgian life and emerging technologies provide the setting for voyages shaped by battles, storms and improbable escapades.