Peter Raven Under Fire
by Michael Molloy
It is the time of the Napoleonic Wars. Peter Raven is a bright, young midshipman in the Royal Navy of Great Britain. Raven, along with the swashbuckling secret agent Commodore Beaumont, uncovers a reckless scheme devised by none other than Napoleon Bonaparte. Eager to add America to his empire, Napoleon has made a wicked pact with a murderous pirate known as Count Vallon: In exchange for the pirate's gold, Napoleon will name Vallon "King of America"! Raven, Beaumont, and a beautiful young American heiress, Lucy, must do whatever it takes to put a stop to one of history's most audacious plots!

Excerpt:
The full moon had long set on the rolling Hampshire countryside when dense storm clouds blew in from the west, obscuring the stars. In the pitch-darkness before dawn, two riders walked their horses down a narrow, over grown bridle path. The first of them carried a lantern. He was a burly countryman in a rough russet-colored coat and wide-brimmed straw hat. The second wore a heavy cloak over the scarlet uniform of a colonel in the marines.



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