Captain Hawke

What a gritty book.... Hawke is a guy who goes from being a regular tavern-keeper just trying to protect his family to a revenge-driven privateer captain. When he ends up outwitting a couple of Barbary galleys in the fog with a brutal trap involving his own crewmen literally stuffed into women's dresses...you feel like you're actually there with him. The story is packed with realistic characters, and enough cannons and sword fights for an action nut like me. Definitely enjoyed this one.

I had the opportunity to read an advance copy of Peter Mitchell’s Captain Hawke. It is a truly captivating story full of tense scenes that make it nearly impossible to stop reading. This is one of those rare, well-written and well-structured manuscripts that draws you in completely. I often found myself forgetting where I was or what I was doing and simply reading on to see what happened next. Mitchell's writing delivers genuine emotional impact—I was truly saddened by Hawke’s experiences of suffering and loss, and the way the progression of Hawke's emotions is conveyed engages you from cover to cover. Highly recommended.