The Common Smith VC Adventures Books in Order

In 1920, young naval officer Common Smith agrees to carry weapons to Poland aboard his patrol boat Swordfish. The mission takes him into the Baltic, where covert enemies work to prevent the cargo from reaching its destination.

In 1922, Common Smith enters the conflict between Greece and Turkey on an MI6 assignment. Threatened massacres and wider regional instability make his mission urgent, as Britain fears the chaos will benefit Germany and Soviet Russia.

In Germany in 1923, MI6 sends Common Smith to Cologne to prevent the assassination of the British Army of the Rhine’s commander. Nationalist unrest threatens to turn the killing into a wider crisis for Europe.

As Soviet leaders compete for power in 1924, Common Smith must extract a fictional teenage son of Tsar Nicholas II from Petrograd. The Swordfish crew faces enemies determined to prevent the boy becoming a symbol for monarchist resistance.

A British courier aircraft carrying documents about Soviet plans for the Balkans is forced down near the Yugoslavian coast. Common Smith and the Swordfish crew must enter the region secretly and recover the papers from mountainous terrain.

In China in 1927, kidnapped Japanese princess Sadie becomes a potential pretext for invasion. Common Smith and the Swordfish crew must rescue her before her death gives imperial Japan the excuse it wants to begin a war.

In Germany in 1929, nationalists plan attacks on Allied troops and recall expatriate German pilots from America. Common Smith and the Swordfish crew must intercept these Hell’s Angels before they reach Europe and disrupt peace plans.