Honor

At last we have an American character the equivalent of Hornblower or Aubrey.

--John Prados, author of Safe for Democracy: The Secret Wars of the CIA

Macomber is today's foremost practitioner of a fascinating subgenre--historical fiction of the nautical variety. Building his series on the imagined autobiography of Peter Wake, he's given readers a vivid, multi-dimensional hero. Macomber makes the remarkable times he portrays glow. . . . History comes alive.

--Philip K. Jason, Professor Emeritus, United States Naval Academy, and author of Acts and Shadows: The Vietnam War in American Literary Culture

My advice is to sign on early and set sail with Peter Wake for both solid historical context and exciting sea stories!

--Admiral James Stavridis, Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander (2009-2013) and dean of The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (2013-2018)

Peter Wake continues to emerge as an American hero worthy of his counterparts in naval fiction.

--George Jepson, Tall Ships Books

Robert Macomber proves . . . he can tell a compelling, action-packed story that educates painlessly as it sails the reader along.

--Randy Wayne White, author of the bestselling Doc Ford series

Robert Macomber writes well and inspiringly so--giving voice to the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps and its officers and enlisted men (ratings) now lost to memory. . . . Does Wake work? Yes, in many ways he captures the essential--which is, no doubt, why he has so many followers on both sides of the Pacific and Atlantic.

-- "The NAVY"

Robert Macomber's Honorable Mention is extraordinary, a first-rate historical novel by a master of the genre. --Joe Weber, bestselling author of Defcon One and Rules of Engagement

This is an excellent Civil War-era novel. . . . Robert Macomber . . . is truly a gifted writer. --Patrick Smith, author of A Land Remembered

The Peter Wake novels are more than just gripping stories about life at sea--they offer a carefully rendered, historically accurate imagining of America's naval history in the second half of the 19th century.

--Clay Risen, author of The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders and the Dawn of the American Century