An Honorable War: The Spanish-American War Begins (Volume 13) (Honor Series, 13) - Softcover

Macomber Author Of The Multi-award-winning Honor Series, Robert N.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1561649732 ISBN 13: 9781561649730

Publisher: Pineapple Press, 2017

Synopsis

Silver Medal Florida Book Awards Popular Fiction>/b>13th in the Honor Series of Naval Historical Fiction following the career of Capt. Peter Wake

Politics, love, and war swirl around Captain Peter Wake (USN) in Havana when the USS Maine explodes on a quiet evening in February, 1898. Working with Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt in the tense pre-war days, carrying out a perilous espionage mission inside Cuba, and leading a disastrous raid on the Cuban coast, Wake is in the middle of it all. This is the first of a dynamic trilogy set during the Spanish-American War in the Caribbean, when America changes forever into a global power.

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From the Inside Flap

February, 1898. As tensions with Spain reach fever pitch and the New York press calls for an honorable war to liberate Cuba, Captain Peter Wake, U.S.N., personal aide to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt, is immersed in a clandestine espionage mission deep inside Cuba. Beset by unexpected family dilemmas and fleeing from foes closing in on him ashore in Havana, he finally delivers his purloined top-secret Spanish documents to the captain of the anchored USS Maine. But moments after Wake leaves the ship, Maine explodes. In that instant, the world is changed forever and Peter Wake is back at war.

His first combat command is an improvised squadron given what seems a simple task: deliver exile Cuban volunteer reinforcements to a remote area of Cuba, support them ashore for three days as they unite with the Cuban Liberation Army, then commence an inshore blockade of the coast. He quickly learns that nothing is as it was described in the orders from Washington. He and his sailors are soon facing overwhelming odds from the enemy and treachery from within. Certain death and defeat are only minutes away for the Americans.

Will Wake's innovation, deception, and ruthless efficiency be enough? Will his long-earned reputation for personal honor be one of the first casualties of this new war?

From the Back Cover

An Honorable War is the thirteenth novel in the award-winning Honor Series of historical naval thrillers. The series follows the life and career of American naval officer Peter Wake, from his joining the navy during the Civil War to his adventures around the world until 1908. This was the time when the United States Navy was at the forefront of America's transformation into a global power.

This novel is the first of three in the Honor Series about the Spanish-American War in Cuba and Puerto Rico. An Honorable War covers the political intrigue in Washington and Havana, the military confusion in Tampa, and the beginning of the war operations against the Spanish in Cuba. From clandestine espionage missions to history-making land and sea battles, Peter Wake and the reader will be right there in the middle of the action.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pineapple Press
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1561649732
• ISBN 13: 9781561649730
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 405