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Nicholas Everard Saga #6
All the Drowning Seas
The sixth thrilling instalment of the Nicholas Everard thrillers.1942. As Japanese invasion fleets sweep across the Pacific, a handful of Allied ships prepare for a last-ditch battle at Surabaya in the Java Sea. Not only is the Allied force doomed to any surviving ships will be trapped, since escape routes are blocked by the enemy.
Nick Everard, commanding the cruiser Defiant, is badly wounded in the battle. His ship is heavily damaged and to make matters worse, he has a battered US destroyer under his protection. But unless Everard can find some way out of the trap, both ships and crews face destruction…
All the Drowning Seas presents compelling action at sea, and establishes Alexander Fullerton as one of the premier novelists of naval warfare.
Praise for Alexander Fullerton‘The prose has a real sense of urgency, and so has the theme. The tension rarely slackens.’ Times Literary Supplement
Nick Everard, commanding the cruiser Defiant, is badly wounded in the battle. His ship is heavily damaged and to make matters worse, he has a battered US destroyer under his protection. But unless Everard can find some way out of the trap, both ships and crews face destruction…
All the Drowning Seas presents compelling action at sea, and establishes Alexander Fullerton as one of the premier novelists of naval warfare.
Praise for Alexander Fullerton‘The prose has a real sense of urgency, and so has the theme. The tension rarely slackens.’ Times Literary Supplement
318 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1981
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About the author
Alexander Fullerton
65 books30 followersAlexander Fullerton (1924–2008) was a British author of naval and other fiction. Born in 1924 in Suffolk and brought up in France, he was a cadet during the years 1938-1941 at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth from the age of thirteen. He went to sea serving first in the battleship Queen Elizabeth in the Mediterranean, and spent the rest of the war at sea - mostly under it, in submarines.
Fullerton's first novel SURFACE! sold over 500,000 copies. Then he worked on the 9-volume Nicholas Everard series that made his reputation.
Series:
* Nicholas Everard Saga
* Rosie Ewing
Source: Wikipedia
Fullerton's first novel SURFACE! sold over 500,000 copies. Then he worked on the 9-volume Nicholas Everard series that made his reputation.
Series:
* Nicholas Everard Saga
* Rosie Ewing
Source: Wikipedia
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September 6, 2017
Gung ho! action all the way. The continuing saga of Nick Everard and his family. Nick is now the Captain of a cruiser in the Far East as the Japanese invade Sumatra at the end of February 1942. His son is trying to return to his submarine in Malta. This is the story reflecting the deadly sea war when the allies were very much on the backfoot in both fronts. It does reflect the great sacrifice made and heroism that so often goes unnoticed.
Great action on every page.
Great action on every page.
June 7, 2018
Book 6 Everard Series
This was an enjoyable book, perhaps not as 'sharp' as the others I have read but the portrayal of the bomber attacks is very gripping and highlights the unpaid debt we have to the merchant navies of the allied side.
This was an enjoyable book, perhaps not as 'sharp' as the others I have read but the portrayal of the bomber attacks is very gripping and highlights the unpaid debt we have to the merchant navies of the allied side.
August 4, 2017
Another action novel. Good read.
September 22, 2017
Everards in pairs
Five stars because it was told in two parts well apart at that!
Alexander Fullerton's storytelling is as usual a delight to read!
Five stars because it was told in two parts well apart at that!
Alexander Fullerton's storytelling is as usual a delight to read!
October 21, 2017
Like Fullerton
Very well presented, keeps moving along with only a rare break in action. Congratulations on the grammar, spelling, etc. a pleasure to read.
Very well presented, keeps moving along with only a rare break in action. Congratulations on the grammar, spelling, etc. a pleasure to read.
November 21, 2017
Another excellent book in this series with plenty of action as well as a good dose of WW II history to boot. Although the book is a stand alone it is enhanced if read in conjunction with the previous 5 books in the series.
October 29, 2023
For those with knowledge of naval warfare, this book is for you. It's detailed and very believable and well written. My knowledge lies with WW2 aircraft so I found this a bit hard going for me.
June 28, 2016
Yet another great story
In his books Alexander, uses history as a background in order to let you the reader feel some of the stress and fear that the sailors suffered during the many attempts to get supplies to Malta. With the main character Nick Everard sailing now in the far east fighting a new enemy the Japanese navy.
In his books Alexander, uses history as a background in order to let you the reader feel some of the stress and fear that the sailors suffered during the many attempts to get supplies to Malta. With the main character Nick Everard sailing now in the far east fighting a new enemy the Japanese navy.
January 19, 2019
Very good
Another well plotted story and Everard yet again manages to win through despite the odds. Also shows how badly prepared the allied nations were for the Japanese.
Another well plotted story and Everard yet again manages to win through despite the odds. Also shows how badly prepared the allied nations were for the Japanese.
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