Beyond the Graves

Books half off while they last

January 15, 2010

Tags: McBooks, Bernie Gunther, Philip Kerr, Otto Prohaska, John Biggins, Saxon Chronicles, Richard Sharpe, Bernard Cornwell, No Quarter, The War of Knives, Peter Wicked

Prices at the big tag sale at McBooks Press are down to half off, so get on over before the sale ends on January 19. McBooks is getting out of the book-selling business to concentrate on publishing their fine line of historicals, including (more…)

The age of fighting sail sale

January 7, 2010

Tags: McBooks, Bernie Gunther, Philip Kerr, Otto Prohaska, John Biggins, Saxon Chronicles, Richard Sharpe, Bernard Cornwell, No Quarter, The War of Knives, Peter Wicked

The close-out sale at McBooks Press seems to be going well. McBooks is getting out of the book-selling business to concentrate on publishing their fine line of historicals, including (ahem) my own, and (more…)

Selected Works

The Matty Graves novels
Book 1: No Quarter

Midshipman Matty Graves must choose between family and duty.

“Refreshingly cynical.”
—Jonathan Lunn

Book 2: The War of Knives

Acting-Lieutenant Matty Graves gets caught up in the Haitian Revolution in 1800. Mayhem ensues!

"[N]ever dull . . ."
—Madison Smartt Bell

Book 3: Peter Wicked

Matty seizes the opportunity to make a name and fortune for himself—even if it means destroying those closest to him.

"[U]nusual, if somewhat jaundiced . . ."
Library Journal

Errata
Errata
Errors after the fact
History
Lubber's Glossary
Seamen's terms in landsmen's language
Timeline
Haitian Timeline
Nautical info bits
Sailing distances around Haïti
How far it is from here to there, by sea, in English statute miles.
Officers' uniforms
Public domain stuff—I didn't write this.
Maps
Maps
Yep, still maps