Deze avonturenreeks volgt de belevenissen van een gedurfde marineofficier tijdens een transformerend tijdperk. De verhalen spelen zich af tegen de achtergrond van het einde van het tijdperk van de zeilvaart en vangen de overgang naar stoomkracht op, wat unieke uitdagingen en spannende conflicten met zich meebrengt. Lezers worden ondergedompeld in verhalen over exotische locaties, actie op volle zee en een protagonist die zowel natuurlijke gevaren als menselijke verraderlijkheid trotseert. Het is een boeiende reis naar een vervlogen tijdperk, rijk aan historische details en adembenemende spanning.
Forty years after its abolition, the Transatlantic slave trade is more lucrative than ever, and only one man is ruthless enough to beat the slavers at their own game. Risking death, Lieutenant Kit Killigrew infiltrates the crew of a slave ship. From the smoke-filled clubs of London to the steamy jungles of the Guinea Coast, young Killigrew finds himself on a journey fraught with murder and betrayal.
Reckless acts of bravery are not uncharacteristic of Lieutenant Kit Killigrew. So when he's instrumental in capturing the infamous Chinese pirate, Zhai Jimng-mu, en route to Hong Kong, and releasing his beautiful hostage, Peri Dadabhoy, no one is surprised. But, for Killigrew, the stakes grow impossibly high—love, professional integrity, and, ultimately, his life.
Killigrew is engaged in a deadly pursuit across the Pacific, trying to capture six of Van Dieman's Land's most notorious convicts. A dangerous game of cat and mouse ensues, with Killigrew risking his all to stop the convicts' barbaric plans.
Joining the search for Sir John Franklin's ill-fated voyage has long been a dream for Kit Killigrew; however, a captain more interested in personal glory than the safety of his crew turns the voyage into a nightmare. This most chilling adventure yet evokes in terrifying detail the true horror of an Arctic winter—the mind-numbing cold, the desolate landscape, and a darkness that permeates men's souls.
Viscount Bullivant has a peculiar notion of a family holiday—spectating at the Crimean War. But when the influential viscount and his family become prisoners of the Russian secret police, Killigrew, who has more important things to worry about, is ordered to rescue them. Soon they are being pursued by the Russian ship Atalanta ; and in her dashing Captain Pechorin, Killigrew may finally have met his match.
When commander Kit Killigrew of the Royal Navy is framed for murder by his old foe, the Russian Colonel Nekrasoff, he must plunge into the murky depths of the Victorian underworld in a desperate attempt to escape the hangman’s noose. Before long, he is thrust on an undercover mission to St. Petersburg to track down a missing British engineer and to discover the whereabouts of his secret weapon, the Sea Devil. But in the world of espionage, nothing is ever what it seems, and Killigrew must pit his wits against ruthless secret policemen and beautiful but treacherous women before the trail leads him to a final confrontation in his most explosive adventure yet.
From the smoke-filled gentleman's clubs of London to the steamy jungles of the Guinea Coast, Lieutennant Kit Killigrew risks death and disgrace in order to uncover the man behind the Transatlantic slave trade.
