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Be one of the first to get signed copies of

The Darkest Shade of Honor

Robert N. Macomber's newest novel 
in the Award-Winning Honor Series
is arriving March 1st!

(scroll down to see the book tour schedule)

 It's easy and very affordable! Pre-order a copy of The Darkest Shade of Honor between now and noon (EST) on Monday, March 1st (the official book release date) and get a signed copy for only $19, plus $4.95 shipping and handling. Just call Jen Holloway toll-free (within the US) 1-866-456-2687 at my Ship's Store Monday through Friday between 9am and 3pm EST. Your signed copies will go out in the mail to you as soon as we get them. For orders outside the U.S., shipping will obviously be higher.

 


This eighth novel of the Honor Series begins with Commander Peter Wake, of the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Intelligence, at New York City in 1886, where he meets two intense young men who will dramatically influence his life: Theodore Roosevelt and José Martí. Presented with a secret coded message, he deciphers it for Roosevelt, and soon wishes he hadn’t.

Returning to Washington, he is assigned to follow up on the secret message and uncover the extent of Cuban revolutionary activities between Florida and Cuba, along with investigating rumors of Spanish government agents operating in Key West. Most of all, this is to be accomplished quietly, to prevent international embarrassment for newly elected President Grover Cleveland, the first Democrat in the White House in 25 years.

The investigation takes Wake to places he thought he knew so well: Havana, Key West, Tampa, and the islands of Florida’s southwest coast. But the further he delves, the more he realizes how much he doesn’t know, and is drawn inexorably into the center of the most catastrophic event in Key West history, when over half the city was destroyed.

And in the end, Peter Wake makes a decision that may well shock his readers—one involving the very darkest shade of honor.


Book Tour for 2010

 

I am slowing down the book tour for 2010, but still getting out to a lot of places. In addition to a bunch of private functions, here are my events open to the public for the 2010 book tour, along with some phone numbers for details:

 3/3/10 - 5:30pm - Unitarian Church - Ft Myers, FL - 239-561-2700

 3/13/10 - 10am - Hooked on Books - Islamorada, FL - 305-517-2602

 3/13/10 - 4pm - Voltaire Books - Key West, FL - 305-296-3226

 3/20/10 - 1pm - SW Florida Reading festival in downtown Ft Myers, FL (go to www.readfest.org)

 3/27/10 - Noon until 8pm - THE ANNUAL BIG BOOK BASH PARTY! at St. James, FL on Pine   
                 Island - 239-282-2165

 4/3/10 - Noon - Sanibel Bookshop - Sanibel, FL - 239-472-5223

 4/3/10 - 4pm - One for the Books - Cape Coral, FL - 239-540-2665

 4/10/10 - Noon -Haslam's Bookstore - St. Petersburg, FL - 727-822-8616

 4/10/10 - 3pm - Inkwood's Bookstore - Tampa, FL - 813-253-2638

 4/16/10 - Noon - Four Seasons Author Luncheon by the Hillsborough-Tampa Library at the 
                University Club in Tampa, FL - 813-273-3616

 4/16/10 - 6pm - Central Florida Readers Wine & Cheese Rendezvous at The Muse Bookstore - 
                Deland, FL - 386-734-0278

 4/24/10 - Noon - Metro Washington DC Readers Luncheon Rendezvous - Auld Shebeen Irish Pub -
                Fairfax, VA - go to www.auldsheveenva.com for directions

 5/12/10 - 6pm - SW Florida History Museum - 239-321-7430

 9/24 & 9/25/10 - Florida Heritage Book Festival - St. Augustine, FL

 


Watch the PBS Special on my Big Book Bash in 2009

 

At 8:30pm, on Friday, Feb 19th, SW Florida PBS (WGCU-TV) is airing a show on unusual fun events on the coast and covering our 2009 Big Book Bash at Woody's Waterside Pub, in St James on Pine Island.

 


The 8th Annual Big Book Bash on Pine Island

for the new novel!

 

Okay, folks---this is it! At High Noon on Saturday, March 27th, readers from around the country are gathering at Woody's Waterside Pub in St. James, on Pine Island, Florida for a grand celebration of my newest novel---The Darkest Shade of Honor. I worked very hard to create this novel, and we're gonna party hard to celebrate its birth. WARNING: This is more fun than your mother should know you're having, and far more fun than you've ever had at any book event, anytime, and anywhere, in your entire life.

 

There will be live music from the world famous Yard Dogs! and other performers, great island food, outstanding drinks, fascinating people, dancing, singing, and all of my books, hats, and shirts--for the entire 8 hours. I will sign anything and everything the whole time. Every year about 600 people come by and relax for the day and evening. Come join us...

 

Please have a designated driver. Or better yet, stay at the following places so you don't have to drive:

The Water's Edge (next to Woody's) - 239-283-0515 or go to:  www.watersedgemotel.com

The Bridge Water Inn - 1-800-378-7666 or go to:  www.bridgewaterinn.com

The Tarpon Lodge - 239-283-3999 or go to:  www.tarponlodge.com

Knoll's Court Motel - 239-283-0616 or go to:  www.knollscourtmotel.com

 


 

 A Different Kind of Honor
launched aboard the Queen Mary 2 in the North Atlantic!

Winner of the highest award in the genre - 
The American Library Association's 
2008 W.Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence



Robert N. Macomber with Commodore Warner and the senior officers 
of Queen Mary 2 at the official launching of A Different Kind of Honor 
at Latitude 42 degrees North, Longitude 28 degrees West, on 
8 September 2007, steaming for Southhampton, England from New York City.

 

 


Get my books and collector shirts/hats sent anywhere!

Have signed copies of the Honor Series books, hats and t-shirts mailed anywhere in the world simply by clicking on the Ship’s Store button below and emailing your request to Jen at the store. Or you can call toll-free 1-866-456-2687.  


Front

Collector's
T-Shirt

Peter Wake's 
20th Anniversary
in the Navy

$15.00 + $ 4.95  S/H
S, M, L, XL, XXL


Back

We have hardcover copies of the limited edition (500) of the novel that started it all—At the Edge of Honor. Very difficult to find, but easy if you contact the Ship’s Store.
 
Here’s what all we’ve got in the Ship’s Store for you:

Books:

At the Edge of Honor novel (limited edition hardcover)

At the Edge of Honor novel (paperback)

Point of Honor novel (hardcover & paperback)

Honorable Mention novel (hardcover) 

A Dishonorable Few novel (hardcover)

An Affair of Honor novel (hardcover)

A Different Kind of Honor (hardcover)

 

Collectors T-shirts & Hats:

Point of Honor green t-shirt

A Dishonorable Few black t-shirt

“Onward and Upward” stone-color hat

An Affair of Honor sand colored t-shirt (in stock as of October 2006)       

 


By clicking on the Ship's Store button above, you can see the items and order them from Jen. Telephone Jen between 9am to 3pm (Eastern Standard Time in the USA) at the local number: 239-283-5599, or toll-free at 1-866-456-2687, or even FAX at 239-283-0532.  You can email at anytime:  locotzinc@embarqmail.com,  Jen and the crew are standing by at action stations, just waiting for orders.


 


 

recipient of the
2003 Patrick D. Smith Award
for 
Best Historical Novel 
of Florida

 



~ At The Edge of Honor  ~

"Robert Macomber is a first-rate naval historian, and At the Edge of Honor proves it. The fascinating story of Florida's Civil War sea battles was unknown to me until I read this book"

- Randy Wayne White
Nationally Acclaimed Adventure/Mystery Author

"At last! Finally we have an American character the equivalent of Hornblower or Aubry, a sailor who can do the evolutions and the special missions, who makes things happen and is human besides. Even better, Peter Wake sails in the Civil War, working in a fascinating corner of that terrible conflict, with blockade runners, Spaniards, and Brits mixed up in a rollicking sea adventure. Not to be missed."

- John Prados
Nationally Acclaimed Historian and Author:




recipient of  the
2003 John Esten Cooke 
Literary Award
National Award 
with $1,000 prize 

 



~ Point of Honor ~

"Peter Wake sails under the Stars and Stripes into the maelstrom of the Civil War, off the Florida Keys and Dry Tortugas, attempting to make some sense of the somber storm engulfing the North and South, while doing his duty. In Robert Macomber's Point of Honor, Peter Wake continues to emerge as an American hero worthy of his counterparts in naval fiction."

- Tall Ships Books

"As the story, begun in At the Edge of Honor,widens in this novel, it becomes richer. The characters are more complex and the action moves well. If you're a fan of 19th century naval history and/or the Civil War, this is a book for you. If not, this book could make you one." 

- Gerald T. Burke 
The Historical Novel Review

 










~ Honorable Mention ~

“This is an excellent Civil War–era novel. The characters are drawn with such skill you come to believe you know them personally, and you are right there when the action takes place—not just reading about it. Robert Macomber has produced a novel that will linger in your memory long after the last page is read. He is truly a gifted writer.”

- Patrick D. Smith
Acclaimed historical novelist

"Robert Macomber's Honorable Mention is extraordinary, a first-rate historical novel by a master of the genre. This rousing sea adventure is reminiscent of the swashbuckling yarns of Robert Louis Stevenson and Herman Wouk."

- Joe Weber
 New York Times bestselling novelist

 

"...In this book, Robert N. Macomber proves that he is not only a superb naval historian, but he can also tell a compelling, action-packed story that educates painlessly as it sails the reader along."

- Randy Wayne White
New York Times bestselling novelist

 

 






 


~ A Dishonorable Few ~

"A Dishonorable Few is the fourth in the series of novels, and author Robert Macomber continues to create entertaining and informative story lines that illuminate a tumultous period in United States naval history. ...My advice is to sign on early and set sail with Peter Wake for both solid historical context and exciting sea stories."

Vice Admiral James Stavridis, 
United States Naval Institute


"...a rousing adventure tale whose educational,and even inspirational, elements are conveyed with painless ease."

Laurie Chambliss, Book Reviewer, 
Civil War Interactive Magazine

 
"The Hornblower tradition lives on. ...The sea journeys and battles are well done, with an easy precision that tells where Macomber's strengths as a writer lie..."

Rosalind Brackenbury, Book Reviewer, 
Solares Hill Newspaper, Key West  


"Author Robert Macomber does an excellent job of building a plot and populating his novel with a host of fascinating characters. This fast-moving tale will hold your interest to the end. It has enticed me to seek out the other novels in this award-winning series."

The Ensign---magazine of the United States Power Squadrons



           




~ An Affair of Honor ~

"Bob Macomber continues to create entertaining and informative story lines that illuminate a tumultuous period in U.S. naval history. Macomber, himself an accomplished sailor, lecturer, and historian, keeps the action lively and the plotting brisk. My advice is to sign on early and set sail with Peter Wake for both solid historical context and exciting sea stories!"

Vice Admiral James Stavridis, Naval Institute Proceedings

 




 

Winner of the highest 
award in the genre - 
The American Library Association's 
2008 W.Y. Boyd Literary 
Award for Excellence


 



~ A Different Kind of Honor ~

Available Fall 2007

"Naval historian Robert Macomber has no rival when it comes to painstaking research and the passion he brings to his subject.  But A Different Kind of Honor  is historical fiction on a different level. -- a thriller as good as James Patterson's best that will satisfy academics  and action junkies  equally."
-- Randy Wayne White

New York Times Best-selling Author

"A tour de force that sails through the uncharted historical waters of Latin American and the Caribbean in the late 19th century with confidence, verve, and crackling energy.  Bob Macomber's series of nautical historical fiction is full speed ahead with this sixth novel, the best yet of a superb series.  He captures well the edgy, unfinished, and fascinating story of the Americas during a time of immense tehnological, political, and cultural change."

Admiral James Stavridis, USN 

"Serving up a well salted history lesson."

Fort Myers (Florida) News-Press

 



Click here to see Robert N. Macomber's
 video introducing The Honored Dead

"Starred--Highly Recommended" review from Booklist

“So vividly written that it’s easy to forget Wake is a made-up character. . . . Fans of the Honor Series will enjoy the shift in narrative point of view: Wake has a strong voice, and it is fascinating to see his world and his time through his own eyes. Highly recommended for fans of naval fiction, especially Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin series, C. S. Forester’s Hornblower novels, or anything by Bernard Cornwell.”

--David Pitt, Booklist

"You'll never look at the Vietnam War the same after reading The Honored Dead. A "must read" book for anyone who appreciates history, intelligence, and great story-telling, by a master of the art of historical fiction. An action-packed thriller!"

Rear Admiral Tony Cothron, USN (Ret)
62nd Director of Naval Intelligence

 




Robert N. Macomber's newest novel 
in the Award-Winning Honor Series
is arriving March 1st!


 



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