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The Honored Dead
 
Robert N. Macomber's newest novel in the 
Award-Winning Honor Series, 
arrives at bookstores everywhere on March 4, 2009


 

 

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


This seventh novel of the award-winning Honor Series finds Lt. Cmdr. Peter Wake, Office of Naval Intelligence, aboard a riverboat on the Mekong River, in 1883 French Indo-China. The mission sounded simple in Washington: deliver the American president’s reply to a secret naval offer from the king of Cambodia, while assessing the region’s political-military situation. Wake figures it’ll take two more weeks and he’ll be homeward bound.

Six months later, after nearly dying at the hands of opium warlords, Chinese-Malay pirates, and French gangsters; after suffering starvation at sea, nearly falling in love with a beautiful widow, surviving a typhoon, being marooned on a beach, and enduring a horrific full-scale battle—Wake is still there. Exhausted, frustrated, and scared, he and his motley band of companions, can now testify that nothing is simple in the Kingdom of Cambodia and the Empire of Viet Nam.

This story illuminates the beginning of the bloody cultural clash that lasted for the next hundred years in Southeast Asia, with each side determined to avenge their honored dead. 

In addition, there is a huge surprise at the very beginning of this novel, one that will please and intrigue long time and new readers alike, kindling a mystery it may take years to solve. All in all, this was the most fascinating, and dangerous, novel yet for me to research and write, compelling me to journey by riverboat , from the Delta country in Vietnam, far up the Mekong River, into the interior of Cambodia. My trek echoed the journey Wake made himself, one-hundred and twenty-six years ago, almost to the day of the book's release. Just as with Peter Wake, it changed my life forever.

And I am extremely honored to receive the accolade displayed below, from a man who knows a thing or two about naval intelligence, and missions on distant stations, after three long decades of service to this country.

Onward and upward...

Bob Macomber
Serenity Bungalow
Matlacha Island


"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

 


 

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

 




 

 

 



~ 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

 








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