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Category Archives: Newbooks
Beckoning Ice & Hell Around the Horn – Free Today and Tomorrow on Kindle
Joan Druett’s Beckoning Ice, the fifth in her series of Wiki Coffin nautical mysteries, is free today and tomorrow on Kindle. Joan’s detective, Wiki Coffin, is a half-Maori, half-Yankee “linguister,” who is also the representative of American law and order with the … Continue reading
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Free Books from Old Salt Press – Hell Around the Horn, The Beckoning Ice and A Love of Adventure
To celebrate the upcoming publication of Joan Druett’s Promise of Gold trilogy, Old Salt Press will be running a free book promotion for Rick Spilman’s Hell Around the Horn, and Joan Druett’s The Beckoning Ice and A Love of Adventure over the … Continue reading
Joan Druett Publishing with Old Salt Press
Joan Druett, the award winning maritime historian and novelist, will be publishing her Promise of Gold trilogy with Old Salt Press. The three novels; Judas Island, Calafia’s Kingdom, and Dearest Enemy; will be be published as e-books on Amazon in the next few days. Joan’s A … Continue reading
Last Chance to Get A Free Kindle Edition of Hell Around the Horn
The Kindle Edition of Hell Around the Horn will be free today through Monday, February 9 – 11th. Click here to download a copy. This is the second and last Kindle free promotion for the book. For those who have asked for … Continue reading
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One Million Pageview Giveaway – Hell Around the Horn Free Today on Kindle, Enter to Win the Paperback
To continue our celebration of the Old Salt Blog passing one million pageviews, today, December 20, and tommorrow, December 21, we are giving away free copies of the Kindle edition of my new nautical thriller, Hell Around the Horn. Click here to go … Continue reading
Joan Druett’s The Beckoning Ice, A Wiki Coffin Mystery – A Review
Joan Druett’s The Beckoning Ice, the fifth in her series of Wiki Coffin nautical mysteries, begins in 1839, on the sealer Betsey of Stonington, homeward bound from “a short but very profitable season far south of Cape Horn.” The schooner is … Continue reading
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Hell Around the Horn – the History (and Fiction) Behind the Novel
In writing historical fiction, researching the history can be challenging. When researching my novel, Hell Around the Horn, I discovered that the three primary sources for the history behind the novel, two memoirs and the Official Ship’s Log, disagreed with each other in significant details and … Continue reading
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Historical Novel Society Conference 2012 and Hell Around the Horn Available in Print
The Internet is an odd place. There are writers who I feel that I know well and consider to be friends, and yet that I have never met in person. This evening, I will be leaving to attend the Historical Novel Society Conference … Continue reading
Sailor Twain or the Mermaid in the Hudson by Mark Siegel
I have been a fan of Sailor Twain for some time. Sailor Twain, or The Mermaid in the Hudson is a webcomic by Mark Siegel. He has been posting pages online every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, the tale unfolding in … Continue reading
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The Patriot’s Fate by Alaric Bond – A Review
Alaric Bond’s The Patriot’s Fate, the fifth in his Fighting Sail series, is an exciting nautical adventure that is also a rich and fascinating voyage through the history, politics and complex divided loyalties of Britain at the end of the … Continue reading
Hell Around the Horn, a Novel by Rick Spilman
I am pleased to announce that my novel, Hell Around the Horn, is now available on Amazon around the world. The print edition will be out shortly. About the novel: In 1905, a young ship’s captain and his family set … Continue reading
The Perfect Wreck by Steven E. Maffeo – a review by Linda Collison
Linda Collison, author of Surgeon’s Mate and Star-Crossed, recently reviewed Steven E. Maffeo‘s new book The Perfect Wreck – Old Ironsides and HMS Java: A Story of 1812 in her blog Sea of Words. I enjoy reading Linda’s reviews almost as much … Continue reading
Deadly Straits by R.E. McDermott – A Review
For the sake of full disclosure, I am not a huge fans of thrillers, particularly thrillers involving ships. The plots often strike me as implausible and the descriptions of the ships and ship operations often border on the laughable. (Too … Continue reading
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The Cutler Family Chronicals Trailer
A new trailer for William C. Hammond’s Cutler family Chronicles. The Cutler Family Chronicals Trailer Seu browser não suporta iframes. The Cutler Family Chronicles is a projected seven-book series profiling the best of American duty, honor and courage during the … Continue reading
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How to Survive the Titanic, or the Sinking of J Bruce Ismay by Frances Wilson
What more can be written about the Titanic? In a book recently released in Great Britain and coming out this October in the US, Francis Wilson looks at the sinking and the impact on one of the more famous survivors – J. Bruce … Continue reading
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Alaric Bond’s Cut and Run – A Review
Alaric Bond’s wonderful new book, Cut and Run, the fourth in his Fighting Sail series, steps away from the Royal Navy and takes us onto the decks of a merchantman – a ship of the Honorable East India Company. The ships of … Continue reading
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Great Summer Reading – Astrodene’s Historic Naval Fiction Log Book for July
A great line-up of Summer reading from Astrodene’s Nautical Log Book for July: Newly released novels include Steven E. Maffeo’s, The Perfect Wreck – Old Ironsides and HMS Java: A Story of 1812, and Tom Grundner’s latest novel in the Sir … Continue reading
Gentleman Captain by J.D. Davies – A Review
Lord Macaulay wrote “There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seaman.” Twenty one year old Matthew Quinton, captain of the Happy Restoration, … Continue reading
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The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Maritime History – Book Trailer
Joe Follansbee has put together a really fun book trailer for his excellent guide book to historic ships, sites and museums. We reviewed the guide last March and liked it a lot. Read our review here. The Fyddeye Guide to America’s … Continue reading
