Audacity, Privateer Out of Portsmouth

By J.E. Fender

Book Overview

The American Revolution has a new hero as Geoffrey Frost returns in Book Two of the Frost Saga!

As Audacity opens, Frost is returning from Canada following a daring rescue of American prisoners held at Louisburg when he sails into a fog bank - and straight into a British convoy shepherded by a thirty-two gun frigate!
In serving the American cause, Frost will impersonate a British merchant, capture several supply ships, order the execution of some of his own countrymen who have turned pirate and renegade, and perform an extraordinary feat of navigation in order to restore two men to the ship of the great explorer Captain James Cook.
Book two of The Frost Saga keeps the action and adventure high, while intorducing more delightful characters and historically accurate situations. Enjoy!

We early discoverers of Patrick O'Brian who anxiously awaited each new book in the series have felt bereft since his pen was stilled. J.E. Fender has come to the rescue...The Frost Saga shows a mastery of technical and historical detail...
-J.F. Lehman, former Secretary of the Navy and author of On Seas of Glory

Authentically detailed and populated with an appropriately salty cast of characters, this suspenseful, action-packed tale will appeal to fans of seafaring adventure.
- Booklist

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1950381617
• ISBN13: 9781950381616
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Piscataqua Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

A realistic 18th cent. seafaring story

A reader will almost feel the waves washing over the ship during a hurricane, hear the roar of the broadsides, and mingle with the boarders in the sea battles in this realistic depiction of an American privateer prowling the Atlantic during the revolutionary war. And there is much more. The author does a very good job in describing the characters, especially Geoffrey Frost the captain of the Audacity. I found the dialogue very interesting. The crew speak in what might be called colonial New England and express a good deal of colonial horse sense. Every sea adventure buff will enjoy this one.

A worthy sequel.

This is volume two in this series, which is set during the American Revolution and features a licensed privateer named Geoffrey Frost. It is every bit as exciting as volume one. Frost is a larger than life hero: learned, brave, and honorable. The sea battles are exciting and there's even a (peaceful) encounter with the explorer Cook.