Part of an “excellent series,” this seafaring adventure features a Royal Navy captain as he battles terrorism in seventeenth-century England (Publishers Weekly).
London is burning, but who set the fire? In the weeks leading up to the Great Fire of 1666, Matthew Quinton, master of the H. M. S. Sceptre, is sent into the heart of London, seething with foreign plots and political paranoia, on a dangerous mission: to keep a terrorist ring from destroying the capital.
Quinton is the only man that can stop these men, who want to open the country to invasion by destabilizing the English people and fueling rebellion. But unrest may not be the only thing these men will fuel . . . The heat is rising.
With fast-paced action and fantastic historical detail, Death’s Bright Angel is the seventh thrilling book in the Matthew Quinton series of nautical sagas.
Praise for the writing of J. D. Davies:
“Hornblower, Aubrey and Quinton—a pantheon of the best adventures at sea!” —Conn Iggulden, #1 New York Times–bestselling author of The Conqueror and War of the Roses series
“A hero worth rooting for.” —Publishers Weekly
“Utterly impossible to put down . . . Finely-shaded characters, excellent plotting, gut-clenching action and immaculate attention to period detail . . . Superb.” —Angus Donald, author of The Outlaw Chronicles series
“Destined to be a classic of nautical adventure series.” —Eric Jay Dolin, author of Leviathan and Fur, Fortune, and Empire
“A naval adventure that goes well beyond the usual outlines of the genre to paint a lively portrait of England in the 1600s.” —Kirkus Reviews
