The Devil Upon the Wave

By J. D. Davies

  Broadsides, divided loyalties, and revenge on the high seas—eighth in the Matthew Quinton series from the award-winning author of Death’s Bright Angel.
 
1671: Matthew Quinton is on a mission into the heart of enemy waters, bent on revenge for England’s crushing defeat of 1667. The Dutch not only destroyed English ships and slaughtered their men, but stole the jewel of the fleet, the flagship Royal Charles.
 
As the mission starts to unravel, Quinton is faced with a dilemma. He may need to sail into battle not with his men, but on an enemy man-of-war, against his own side . . .
 
Fans of Julian Stockwin and John Drake will love The Devil Upon the Wave, book eight in the Matthew Quinton Journals.
 
Praise for the series
 
“Hornblower, Aubrey and Quinton—a pantheon of the best adventures at sea!” —Conn Iggulden, #1 New York Times–bestselling author
 
“Finely shaded characters, excellent plotting, gut-clenching action and immaculate attention to period naval detail . . . These are superb books.” —Angus Donald, author of The Outlaw Chronicles
 
“A splendid addition to nautical adventure, and a grand story, to boot!” —Dewey Lambdin, author of the Alan Lewrie Naval Adventures

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: May 7, 2018
• ISBN: 9781788631884

J. D. Davies

J. D. Davies is the prolific author of historical naval adventures. He is also one of the foremost authorities on the seventeenth-century navy, which brings a high level of historical detail to his fiction, namely his Matthew Quinton series. He has written widely on the subject, most recently Kings of the Sea: Charles II, James II and the Royal Navy, and won the Samuel Pepys Award in 2009 with Pepys’s Navy: Ships, Men and Warfare, 1649-1689.

Reviews for The Devil Upon the Wave

[jamespurcell · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Captain Quinton rides again! For a gentleman captain, he does spend a lot of time, fighting ashore. One of Holland's previous defeats, the attack on Vlie anchorage, is avenged by a very well executed attack on English ports including those on the Thames. We get to meet Michiel de Ruyter, arguably, one of the best sea warriors of his time. Matthew observes the destruction and capture of one of his previous commands while a prisoner about his Dutch brother-in-law's ship. Another excellent episode, Davies knows his British Maritime History and continues to translate it into a fine series.