The gripping culmination of multi-million copy bestselling author Douglas Reeman's Blackwood saga, spanning 150 years in the history of a great seafaring family. Unputdownable and guaranteed to have you hooked, this is perfect for fans of Clive Cussler, Bernard Cornwell and Wilbur Smith.

'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' -- Sunday Times
'Mr Reeman writes with great knowledge about the sea and those who sail on it' --The Times
'Another romping good yarn by my favourite author' -- ***** Reader review
'Hard to put down' -- ***** Reader review
'Another gripping read from the master of naval fiction' -- ***** Reader review
'Magnificent!' -- ***** Reader review
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1970: Lieutenant-Colonel Mike Blackwood appears to have been murdered in Cyprus. Disillusioned and grieving for his distinguished father, Lieutenant Ross Blackwood believes there is no future for him in the Corps. The Royal Marines have been reduced in strength, and their role in a modern world, after so splendid a tradition, diminished to policing and paperwork.

But Ross remains a Blackwood and a Royal Marine, and the loyalty and dedication of a Blackwood to the Corps sustain him from vicious guerilla warfare in Malaysia through the moral and political minefields of Northern Ireland, where one man's terrorist is another's patriot, to the South Atlantic, and a conflict as bloody as it is unpredictable.

And he learns, as every Blackwood has before him, that jungle or moor, insurrection or invasion, mere courage is not enough. Survival and victory balance on the knife edge of destiny...

The new novel from Douglas Reeman - our greatest living naval writer

About the Author
Douglas Reeman did convoy duty in the navy in the Atlantic. The Arctic and the North Sea. He has written over thirty novels under his own name and more than twenty five historical novels featuring Richard Bolitho under the pseudonym Alexander Kent.

Reviews
'One of our foremost writers of naval fiction' - Sunday Times
Masterly storytelling. * The Times *



Book Information
ISBN 9780099436294
Author Douglas Reeman
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Arrow Books Ltd
Publisher Cornerstone
Weight(grams) 179g
Dimensions(mm) 178mm * 110mm * 20mm