Peter C Greene

Paladin's War Peter C Greene

A YOUNG ADULT age-of-sail adventure without the deep technical jargon - it's easy to get hooked!

LOSING HIS FATHER MADE HIM AN ORPHAN ON THE STREET. NAPOLEON'S WAR MADE HIM A HERO ON THE SEA.

"Greene has provided another page-turner here, filling the seas with gunfire and knife fights, and London with a network of spies and traitors" - Kirkus Reviews

"This book was such fun to read. Greene paints not only the scenes in London but those on the Mediterranean, the Adriatic, and even the Black Sea with vivid color and action" - Chanticleer Reviews

Book 3 of the Adventures of Jonathan Moore series: Paladin's War 1802. Fourteen-year-old Midshipman Jonathan Moore, Marine Private Sean Flagon and adventurer Delain Dowdeswell enjoy the company of family and friends during a delicate peace between France and England. However, mysterious spy networks now freely roam Europe's great cities, and the ships and armies of all nations remain on the edge of war. An elaborate scheme involves manipulating Jonathan, now aboard the eighteen-gun HMS Paladin, the Royal Navy's fastest ship. Commanded by his friend and mentor, Lieutenant Thomas Harrison, their mission is to deliver an important treaty to a clandestine location.

Remaining in London, and bored with endless tea parties and tedious school lessons, Delain encounters a shadowy black rider sneaking about the mansions of London's elite. Suspecting foul play, she investigates and enters a web of secret meetings, spies, coded messages, and kidnapping. At first merely interesting, Delain's investigation soon turns deadly as she finds that all clues lead to the Paladin's mission, and to her friends, now thousands of miles away-and in grave danger.

Once at sea, the boys have a mystery of their own to solve: their sister ship, HMS Echo, avoids all contact. A sabotaged gun, a mistrusted crew, and a vicious assault on their ship by a well-armed band of assailants have the men and officers of the Paladin anxious. Even Jonathan is uneasy, forced by agents of the king to withhold vital information from his officers. Led to waters far from home, the boys become separated and fight for their ship, their friends, and their lives against a rogue naval commodore with a war plan of his own.

The answers to these mysteries could eventually be discovered by Jonathan Moore if he can defeat his powerful enemies in the Black Sea - and survive the final conflict of the Paladin's War.




Paladin's War is the winner of the Chanticleer Book Reviews Goethe Award for Historical Fiction and a 5 Star Best Book. The Adventures of Jonathan Moore series has been awarded 1st place in the Dante Rossetti Young Adult Series competition.