The Carlisle & Holbrooke Naval Adventures are being published in audio format, one book at a time, and the first fifteen books are already out there and being enjoyed. Meanwhile, David Lane Pusey has completed his narration of the sixteenth book, Debatable Lands, and it’s now on sale from the usual places (Amazon, Audible, iTunes).

When Spain joined the Seven Years War on the side of France, one of its aims was to conquer Britain’s ally, Portugal. They launched three separate land invasions, each of them ultimately unsuccessful, but each a deadly, existential threat to their neighbour. Portugal, meanwhile, was determined to hit back at Spain’s sprawling colonial empire, and the Debatable Lands between Brazil and the River Plate Estuary offered a tempting target. Finding themselves short of ships, the Portuguese government contracted a London company of merchant adventurers to provide two large privateers as the naval element of the expedition.

In September 1762 George Holbrooke, in his frigate Argonaut, is sent on a six-thousand-mile voyage to assist the Anglo-Portuguese expedition. However, Argonaut is not the only man-of-war heading for the River Plate. He finds a familiar adversary already there, eager to settle old scores. The scene is set for a final battle, and the winner will be the captain who can best exploit the shifting sandbanks of this shallow estuary.

This sixteenth novel brings the Seven Years War to an end. However, Carlisle and Holbrooke’s adventures continue as our heroes adjust to an unfamiliar peace, and Britain and her American colonies set out on diverging paths with different visions of the future.

Red Gold

The seventeenth Carlisle & Holbrooke adventure, Red Gold, takes Edward Carlisle in search of the dark secrets of his wife’s past. It’s available now in Kindle, Kindle Unlimited and Paperback formats and will be released as an audio book in the summer.