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Warley

(2024)
(The second book in the Decoy Ships series)
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DISCOVER A BRAND NEW THRILLING HISTORICAL NAVAL ADVENTURE SERIES FROM A BESTSELLING AUTHOR.

Perfect for fans of C.S Forester, John Drake, Patrick O’Brian, Bernard Cornwell and Griff Hosker.

18th Century.

England is at war with the French. The East India Company is at risk oflosing its trade routes.

Tom Batrick arrives in London. For the past ten years he’s worked his way up the ranks on ships patrolling Canadian waters. Now, at the request of the East India Company, he is to Captain the merchant ship
Warley.

But Warley is a disguised warship.

It will act as a decoy to lure pirates, as well as French ships, away from British trade.

But as Tom sails to India and China, he discovers
Warley’s mission is not just to fight off enemy attacks. The ship is crucial to the East India Company’s undercover trade in opium.

Outlawed by China, the Company is smuggling opium to bolster its profits, regardless of its addictive and deadly effects.

Warley is considered a perfect transport for the precious cargo. But at what cost to Tom and his crew?

PRAISE FOR CHRISTOPHER C. TUBBS DECOY SHIPS SERIES:

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘
Thoroughly enjoyable. The story cracked along with pace . . . Will definitely be reading more from Mr Tubbs.’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This
story had me truly enthralled. At times it felt as if I was aboard ship.’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘
Great adventures on the high seas. All action in the Mediterranean for the most, sea battles with action brilliantly described.’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘
Thrilling adventures in a warship.’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘
Tubbs is as always on top of his game!’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘
Totally absorbing.’

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This has to be
the best Christopher C Tubbs book so far.’


Genre: Historical

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