Point of Honor

by Robert N. Macomber author of the multi-award-winning Honor Series

Overview

Robert Macomber's Honor series of naval fiction follows the life and career of Peter Wake in the U.S. Navy during the tumultuous years from 1863 to 1901. Point of Honor is the second in the series and winner of the John Esten Cook Literary Award for Best Work in Southern Fiction.

The year is 1864. Peter Wake, U.S.N., assisted by his indomitable Irish bosun, Sean Rork, is at the helm of the schooner St. James, a larger ship than his first command in At the Edge of Honor. Wake's remarkable ability to make things happen continues as he searches for army deserters in the Dry Tortugas, discovers an old nemesis during a standoff with the French Navy on the coast of Mexico, starts a drunken tavern riot in Key West, and confronts incompetent Federal army officers during an invasion of upper Florida.

Along the way, Wake's personal life takes a new tack when he risks reputation for love by returning to the arms of his forbidden sweetheart, the daughter of a Confederate zealot. Key West provides a unique setting for them to prove that their love is strong enough to overcome the insanity of the war. And through it all, even when surrounded by the swirling confusion of danger and political intrigue, Peter Wake maintains his dedication to balance on the point of honor.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781561645213
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	03/12/2012
Series:	Honor Series , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	327
Sales rank:	559,407
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Robert N. Macomber is an internationally recognized, award-winning maritime writer, lecturer, television commentator, expedition leader, and researcher, specializing in the Victorian and Edwardian periods. Named the “2020 Writer of the Year” by the Florida Writers Association, he is best known as the author of the acclaimed Honor Series of naval novels and is proud to have readers across the globe. His awards include the Florida Genealogy Society's Outstanding Achievement Award for his nonfiction work on Florida's maritime history, the Patrick Smith Literary Award for Best Historical Novel of Florida (At the Edge of Honor), and the John Esten Cooke Literary Award for Best Work in Southern Fiction (Point of Honor). He is the guest author at regional and international book festivals and was named by Florida Monthly magazine as one of the 22 Most Intriguing Floridians of 2006. His sixth novel, A Different Kind of Honor, won the highest national honor in his genre: the American Library Association's 2008 W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction. Each year, Macomber travels approximately 15,000 sea miles around the globe, giving lectures and researching his novels.

Editorial Reviews

Macomber is today's foremost practitioner of a fascinating subgenre—historical fiction of the nautical variety. Building his series on the imagined autobiography of Peter Wake, he's given readers a vivid, multi-dimensional hero. Macomber makes the remarkable times he portrays glow.. .. History comes alive.

Philip K. Jason

Macomber is the O'Brian of the Caribbean.

Randy Wayne White

Robert Macomber writes well and inspiringly so—giving voice to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps and its officers and enlisted men (ratings) now lost to memory.. .. Does Wake work? Yes, in many ways he captures the essential—which is, no doubt, why he has so many followers on both sides of the Pacific and Atlantic.

The NAVY

At last we have an American character the equivalent of Hornblower or Aubrey.

John Prados

The Peter Wake novels are more than just gripping stories about life at sea—they offer a carefully rendered, historically accurate imagining of America's naval history in the second half of the 19th century.

Clay Risen

If you're a fan of nineteenth-century naval history and/or the Civil War, this is a book for you. If not, this book could make you one.

Historical Novels Review Online

My advice is to sign on early and set sail with Peter Wake for both solid historical context and exciting sea stories!

the flagship publication of the U.S. Naval Institu Admiral James Stavridis Magazine

Peter Wake continues to emerge as an American hero worthy of his counterparts in naval fiction.

George Jepson

My advice is to sign on early and set sail with Peter Wake for both solid historical context and exciting sea stories!

Proceedings Magazine, the flagship publication of the U.S. Naval Institute - Admiral James Stavridis

Robert Macomber writes well and inspiringly so—giving voice to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps and its officers and enlisted men (ratings) now lost to memory.. .. Does Wake work? Yes, in many ways he captures the essential—which is, no doubt, why he has so many followers on both sides of the Pacific and Atlantic.

The Navy

Winner of the John Esten Cook Literary Award for Best Work in Southern Fiction
"If you're a fan of nineteenth-century naval history and/or the Civil War, this is a book for you. If not, this book could make you one." - The Historical Novel Review

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