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Three weeks to launch…
Captain James Kerr Hanley is given the order to launch Graplin, on its trials. He is under pressure to commission Graplin into the China Flotilla as per the schedule, despite the recent arrival of Lieutenant Commander Crowe.
They have three weeks and Hanley is determined for the launch to go without any glitches.
But life at home is no better for Hanley.
His wife Eunice, bored and alone with Hanley at sea, grabs the opportunity to escape her monotonous life when she receives an invite to one of her old friend Lady Olivia Brampton’s fashionable soirées in London.
There she meets Commander Herr Weichert, the handsome German naval attaché in London and before long, their relationship has developed into something much closer…
Little does Eunice know the implications of her affair. She is being watched and even her children are well aware of what is going on. How will she keep this charade going?
Meanwhile, Albert Gillings is the senior engineer working on Graplin. He knows there is a strong possibility the launch of Graplin could be delayed due to technical problems, not something he is going to let happen easily.
With the clock ticking, Gillings is faced with Graplin, and his own son…
Surrounded by the stench of poverty, Kitty Cullen, relishes the moment for the last time.
Finally, after a full sixteen years, Kitty and her family are leaving the house she grew up in. Now is the time for a change.
When the opportunity to work for Eddie comes knocking, Kitty grabs it. Soon, the chains of luxury surround her.
When the Graplin gets into trouble, everyone comes together, with lives lost and destinies changing.
The drama never stops Fleet , where duty, desire and ambition are bound together, all in service of the harshest mistress; the sea.
Captain James Kerr Hanley is given the order to launch Graplin, on its trials. He is under pressure to commission Graplin into the China Flotilla as per the schedule, despite the recent arrival of Lieutenant Commander Crowe.
They have three weeks and Hanley is determined for the launch to go without any glitches.
But life at home is no better for Hanley.
His wife Eunice, bored and alone with Hanley at sea, grabs the opportunity to escape her monotonous life when she receives an invite to one of her old friend Lady Olivia Brampton’s fashionable soirées in London.
There she meets Commander Herr Weichert, the handsome German naval attaché in London and before long, their relationship has developed into something much closer…
Little does Eunice know the implications of her affair. She is being watched and even her children are well aware of what is going on. How will she keep this charade going?
Meanwhile, Albert Gillings is the senior engineer working on Graplin. He knows there is a strong possibility the launch of Graplin could be delayed due to technical problems, not something he is going to let happen easily.
With the clock ticking, Gillings is faced with Graplin, and his own son…
Surrounded by the stench of poverty, Kitty Cullen, relishes the moment for the last time.
Finally, after a full sixteen years, Kitty and her family are leaving the house she grew up in. Now is the time for a change.
When the opportunity to work for Eddie comes knocking, Kitty grabs it. Soon, the chains of luxury surround her.
When the Graplin gets into trouble, everyone comes together, with lives lost and destinies changing.
The drama never stops Fleet , where duty, desire and ambition are bound together, all in service of the harshest mistress; the sea.
316 pages, e-book
Published December 19, 2016
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About the author
Raymond Hardie
5 books4 followersRaymond Hardie grew up in Donaghadee, N. Ireland. A small fishing town, and the closest port to Scotland, it boasts the country’s oldest pub established in 1610 - a point of contention with every other town in Ireland that also has the oldest pub!
He has had three novels published, Fleet (Hodder & Stoughton, in London), Abyssos (Tor books, New York) and most recently No Man's Land (Endeavour Press, London), a political thriller, set in Los Angeles, Berlin and Washington D.C., during the spring of 1933. He has had a number of plays performed in workshop and onstage, and seven television scripts commissioned by BBC television.
He was the senior editor of Stanford magazine for six years, and founding editor of UC San Diego alumni magazine Triton from 2004 to 2014.
He is a graduate of Queen's University Belfast and U-Conn.
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Lots of action.lots of twists and turns.communists in spain and england. German spies doing their best to get info on the english.
Lots of action.lots of twists and turns.communists in spain and england. German spies doing their best to get info on the english.
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