The Ship's Boys Seafaring Adventure Sagas Volume 1

For the first time, author Cade Jay Hathaway’s breathtaking Ship’s Boys novels are published —complete and unabridged—in two impressive volumes. These adventures at sea tell the stories of two intrepid young sailors, Rian and Mouse, as they make their way in 19th-century England. Both volumes are available here at amazon.VOLUME I begins with The Ship’s Boy, where the reader is introduced to thirteen-year-old Adrian “Rian” Joyce Pembroke, the aristocratic scion of Lord Pembroke, as Rian and his family travel the world on a mapping mission aboard their chartered vessel, HMS Urial. When their ship is sunk at the behest of Napoleon Bonaparte, there are only two survivors of the tragedy: Rian, and a fourteen-year-old ship’s boy named Mouse. Can these two socially disparate lads survive their ordeal and return safely home to England?Book two, My Particular Friend, reveals that Rian and Mouse have become far more than friends. In fact, the two are very much in love at a time when homosexual affection is more than a mere societal faux pas; in the Royal Navy, such activities are a hanging offense. But what happens when our trusty sailor lads must help their ship, the RMS Cleo, escape the clutches of the American government, which has summarily seized the vessel in a diplomatic spat with Britain?In the third adventure, The Midshipmen’s Berth, the boys are a bit older and wiser—and remain as close as ever—as new and exciting characters join their ever-expanding world. This story finds Rian and Mouse caught up in a mutiny aboard their beloved Cleo as Napoleon and his nefarious forces continue to roll over and ravage all of Europe.VOLUME I concludes with the first part of Ready For Command, the fourth novel in these swash-buckling tales of love and adventures at sea. Mouse is awarded temporary command of the Cleo when Britain and America exchange cannon-fire during the War of 1812, but is he truly ready for command? The story concludes in VOLUME II. Read more