James Bond is targeted for elimination by SMERSH, and the malevolent Colonel Rosa Klebb has set a trap in Istanbul. The bait is the Spektor decoding machine, to be delivered by the irresistible...

Sharpe is now an officer in Sir Arthur Wellesley’s army that is seeking to end the Mahratta War. Sharpe, just risen from the ranks, discovers that his fellow officers are not welcoming. Unsure...

June 1793, Gibraltar and the gathering might of revolutionary France prepares to engulf Europe in another bloody war. As in the past, Britain will stand or fall by the fighting power of her fleet....

Thomas Paine Kydd is in Halifax enjoying the recognition and favour of his fellow officers, when Tenacious is summoned to join Horatio Nelson’s taskforce on an urgent reconnaissance mission.

Scobie is a highly principled police officer in a war-torn West African state. When he is passed over for promotion he is forced to borrow money to send his despairing wife away on holiday. In her...

January, 1944. On the vast grey waters of the Atlantic the balance of power has shifted. For Rudolf Steiger, ace U-boat commander, there is now a sense of urgency. Dedicated, ruthless and...

‘Hellequin’ is what the French called the English archers who came across the Channel to lay waste the towns and countryside. Thomas of Hookton is one of those archers. When raiders sack his...

From the spectacle of gladiatorial combat to the intrigue of the Senate, from the foreign wars that created an empire to the political conflict that almost tore it apart, ‘The Gates of Rome' is...

James Bond seems unable to function after the death of his wife. But his superior, M, is determined to restore 007 to the effective agent he used to be. He sends him on a mission to Japan, to...

It is the Peninsular War, and Wellington’s outnumbered army must retreat before the invading French. Separated from his regiment, Rifleman Matthew Dodd finds himself alone in the Portugese...

Anatolia, AD 260. The city of Edessa, a Roman outpost, is on its last legs after the Persian siege by the troops of Shapur 1. Emperor Publius Licinius Valerianus agrees to meet his adversary to...

It is September 1804. England stands alone against France and the fleets of Spain, anticipating invasion. Vice-admiral Richard Bolitho has his own troubles to settle at home too. But his time on...

The Moonraker project has a millionaire backer, the war hero Sir Hugo Drax - who cheats at cards. With a ballistic rocket at stake, his exposure could threaten Britain's latest defence system....

Newly promoted, Major Richard Sharpe leads his small force into the biting cold of the winter mountains. His task is to rescue the well-born women held hostage by a rabble of deserters. But one of...

The Mediterranean, 1793, and, despite Britain’s successes, the outcome of the sea war is still in the balance. As soon as his ship’s refit is completed, Captain Richard Bolitho is ordered to...