Honorable Lies

Tenth novel in the award-winning Honor Series

Officially released on 10 October 2012

This is it, his past has caught up with him - Commander Peter Wake, Office of Naval Intelligence, is about to die in front of two dozen bejeweled spectators in the courtyard of the Spanish governor's palace in Cuba. Wake's old nemesis, Colonel Isidro Marrón, head of the dreaded Spanish counter-intelligence service, has set the perfect trap to kill him, in public. There's no way out.

How did he get in this predicament? It's September 1888, and Wake is in Havana to salvage his failed espionage operation against the Spanish Navy. Everything has gone wrong. The network of spies inside the city is compromised, international political tensions are escalating, the U.S. presidential election is looming, and Wake has only five days to locate and rescue two men of his spy ring who are missing and assumed captured by the Spanish.Wake's covert American team of experts in linguistics, chemistry, and lock picking, are soon hard pressed to just stay alive as they struggle to carry out his hastily conceived plan.

And in the midst of all this chaos, Wake saves the lives of Havana's Spanish elite from an anarchist's bomb attack, forms a nervous friendship with the colonial governor, receives a crucial message from his Cuban revolutionary friend José Martí, encounters the shadowy world of international Freemasonry, and forms an unusual bond with the legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt.

But Peter Wake is in the heart of enemy territory. Can he really trust anyone, or anything, in Cuba? Or will Colonel Marrón finally kill him?

Find out in October 2012, when Honorable Lies comes to bookstores near you!

A short note to the Wakians about creating Honorable Lies

I love this one, but it wasn't easy, my friends. To research and write this novel, I journeyed inside Cuba three times in the last two years, and became a trusted "good friend" of Freemasonry in Florida and in Cuba. I also had to learn how to fight with a saber, pick a 16th century Swedish lock, create an 1880s incendiary device, tap a 19th century telegraph line, and incapacitate a man using old-fashioned chemical compunds. The academic research, skills training, and eyeball recon inside Cuba were exhausting, but fascinating.

Those who have read The Darkest Shade of Honor have an idea of my affiliation with Cuba - a place that entrances me. Someday, we'll have a Reader Rendezvous in Havana, and I'll give you a walking tour of the places in my novels. Until then, you'll have to visit vicariously through my books. I know all of you will enjoy Honorable Lies.

Image of the Map of Cuba courtesy of Norman B Leventhal Map Center at BPL photostream.

 

My 10 - 10 - 10 Wakian Economic Plan!

Okay, by now I think we're all sick of this global financial mess and the various politicians who are still screwing it up. So, in the spirit of the times, I've come up with a brilliant plan to jumpstart the economy by using free enterprise, my novel Honorable Lies, and some old-fashioned grass-roots Wakian enthusiasm. It's simple, it's cheap, and it's fun!

Here's the plan: On the tenth day of the tenth month of 2012, (that's October 10, 2012 folks) all Wakians and their friends in the U.S. go to www.amazon.com and order a copy of my tenth novel, Honorable Lies!  Want more than one? Just do separate orders for each book that day-it'll boost the number of book orders and get us higher on the best-seller list.

Why October 10th, you may fairly ask? Well, October 10th is Cuban Independence Day-their equivalent of July 4th for Americans. On that day in 1868, Cuban patriots declared their island would be independent of the Spanish Empire. It took us almost eight years of fighting to be free of Great Britain-it took the Cuban patriots 30 years of fighting! But they never gave up. By the way, October 10th also happens to be my birthday.

So order the book on that day and it will accomplish several things: send a message to the publishing powers in New York City that Peter Wake fans have the clout to propel my 10th novel into best-seller status; be a really kewl birthday present for me; and help the economic health of the world, thereby helping to secure global peace on earth.

Sounds like a win-win-win plan to me-let's do it on October 10th, 2012!

And what about our Wakians living outside the U.S.? Just go to your own amazon booksellers-in Canada: amazon.ca; in Great Britain: amazon.co.uk; in Germany: amazon.de

My Winter Lecture and Signing Tour
around Florida 

In February and March, I start a lecture and signing tour of 20 different private and public events around Florida. Below are the 10 public events on the tour, with the topic in parenthesis. I hope to see you at some of them!

February:

20th at 7pm - St. James Civic Assoc, Pine Island  (writing the Honor Series)

25th at 10am - Harborview Gallery, Cape Coral  (writing the Honor Series)

March:

1st at 7pm - Shell Point Village, Ft. Myers  (Modern Piracy in Somalia)

9th at 11:30am - Lakes Regional Library, Ft. Myers  (writing the Honor Series)

10th at 10am - Punta Gorda Library  (SW Florida's Civil War)

14th at 2pm - CC Historical Society, Cape Coral  (Alexander Semmes, USN,

in SW Florida's Civil War)

22nd at 6pm - The Villages, central Florida (Florida's Civil War)

29th at 2pm - Lake County Reading Festival, Leesburg, central Florida

(Florida's Civil War)

30th at 10am - Lake County Reading Festival, Clermont (writing the Honor Series)

30th at 6:30pm - Lake County Reading Festival, Lady Lake (author reception)

 Sailing into the Civil War - Part 2!

Our Civil War voyages aboard the beautiful sailing ketch Alondra in November were very popular and sold out immediately. We did six cruises and everyone had a good time, learned about the first three years of the Civil War in Florida, and asked for more. Well, y'all know how loyal I am to Wakians - so we're doing eight more in April!

On these 4-hour voyages through the islands of Charlotte Harbor and Pine Island Sound, you'll learn about the tumultuous final ten months of the Civil War in Florida. I'll tell you about the Battle of Ft. Myers (southernmost land battle of the war, east of Texas), the mysterious shipwreck of a U.S. Navy warship on our coast, the final Union push to capture Florida's capital, the impending great sea battle between the U.S. and Confederate navies in the Straits of Florida, and the harrowing escape of the Confederate national leadership through southern Florida, including the islands of SW Florida.

Schedule of cruises:

April 4th (Wed) - 1pm to 5pm

April 5th (Thurs) - 1pm to 5pm

April 9th (Mon) - 1pm to 5pm

April 10th (Tues) - 8am to 12noon and another from 1pm to 5pm

April 11th (Wed) - 8am to 12noon and another from 1pm to 5pm

April 12th Thurs) - 1pm to 5pm

The price per person is $85.00 with a maximum of six passengers per cruise. Alondra is docked at the famous Tarpon Lodge, at village of Pineland, on Pine Island, on the SW coast of Florida. To reserve passage, or for more details, call Nancy Koucky at 239-233-3003 or email her at: info@pineislandsailing.com. (Minimum number of four passengers per cruise)

They are going to fill up fast-so reserve your passage today!

Meet me in the South Pacific this Spring

I'll be doing some lectures and writing workshops aboard a condo ship-The World-in the South Pacific from mid-April to early May. Visit their interesting website at: www.aboardtheworld.com. For the rest of May, I'll be living in Samoa and finishing up a future novel. So email me if you'll be at Fiji, the Cook Islands, Tonga, French Polynesia (Society Group), or Samoa, and maybe we can get together. 

Hardcover Copies of the First Four Novels

in the Honor Series

I've been getting emails about folks having difficulty finding new hardcover copies of At the Edge of Honor, Point of Honor, Honorable Mention, and A Dishonorable Few. Well, it was bound to happen at some point-they're almost sold out. I have a few of the first three novels at my Ship's Store, but not many left. The fourth novel, A Dishonorable Few, is sold out of hardcovers. There are, however, paperback copies of those first four novels in the series. If you want to get a personalized, signed copy of any of my novels, just call Jen at my store toll-free at 1-866-456-2687, or email her at: locotzinc@locotz.net and she'll get you set up. 

Where can you find Wake's favorite rum-Matusalem?

I'm also getting emails inquiring about where readers can find Peter Wake's favorite rum, Matusalem, the finest sipping rum in Cuban history. No problem if you live in the U.S. Just go to: www.proximospirits.com/locator and it will show you both stores and restaurants that carry it. For those of you in Europe, visit your local liquor store and ask. And no, I don't get a commission from Matusalem - but I do enjoy a sip of their rum on special occasions

Queen Victoria

From Jan 30th to Feb 14th, I'll be guest author and lecturer aboard Queen Victoria on her voyage from Ft. Lauderdale to Los Angeles -through the Caribbean, the Panama Canal, and up the Pacific coast of Central America. It's always been a great journey and I've already heard from Wakians around the country that they're coming along. If you'll be aboard, let me know. Should be fun!

Wakian Sightings around the World!

I've had several Wakians ask if I want pics of them wearing their different Honor Series teeshirts and hats at various places. The answer is "Sounds like fun!" We're going to put them on the photo page of the website.

The first is already on the photo page (http://www.robertmacomber.com/Photos.html)and shows Mike Woodgerd, of Washington DC, wearing the "Onward and Upward" hat while kayaking in Antarctica!

So email me the pics, or mail them to:

Robert N. Macomber

Twin Palm Cottage

P.O. Box 76

Matlacha Island, Florida

33993

Onward and upward, my fellow Wakians, bravely into 2012...

bob Macomber

Twin Palm Cottage

Matlacha Island

Florida