'A master of seagoing adventure.' Clive Cussler.

The Pirate Ship
1997. A stormy dawn in the South China Sea.

Cargo vessel, Sulu Queen, drifts aimlessly.

A boarding party finds her full of corpses -- with only one wild-eyed survivor...

Injured in the confusion, and now suffering from total amnesia, he is identified as Captain Richard Mariner of the Heritage Mariner shipping company which owns the vessel.

He is immediately charged with the mass murder of thirty-nine fellow crew members.

It falls to Mariner's wife and business partner, Robin, to untangle this nightmarish web of brutality.

Benin Light
Granville Harbour.

The light shines through the darkness.

Richard Mariner, marine adventurer, approaches the west coast of Africa, on board the supertanker, Prometheus V.

After an unfriendly exchange with the harbour master Mariner arranges for a helicopter to pick him up.

But his helicopter is soon struck by bullets and, upon landing, armed guards arrive at his hotel to arrest him.

And that's just the start of his problems.

Granville Harbour is a place plagued by poverty and corruption. Revolution is in the air. Violence seems to be the only currency.

Mariner must fight back, or risk losing everything..

Ice Station
In Richard Mariner's 24th escapade, he finds himself in the Siberian Sea in the late summer.

His international team are helping the Russians with Ice Station Zemlya, their new floating nuclear facility.

The team clashes, and a continuous series of bizarre accidents does not help morale.

Richard finds an infected man and suspects foul play. Someone is plotting to bring about a nuclear catastrophe...

A fast approaching ice storm jeopardises the floating platform, threatening to cast it adrift in US waters.

Will Zemlya become Chernobyl afloat?


Praise for Peter Tonkin:

"The Ides is a testosterone-fuelled battle roar in a world of double-dealing and betrayal, where wits must be sharp and recovery time between violent encounters is brief. Peter Tonkin has infused a familiar narrative with excitement, energy and a delicious twist right at the very end." Mystery People

"Riveting tale full of fast action." Publishers Weekly

"Good technical detail, plus an exciting climax, makes this entertaining reading." Publishing News

"A welcome aura of old-fashioned expertise." Publishers Weekly

"A good thriller, recommended." Library Journal

"Tonkin is a superb storyteller who creates big, brash, swashbuckling adventures with taut suspense, fast-paced action and tough, resourceful characters." Booklist

"Equals the best of James Clavell." Daily Telegraph


"Edge-of-the-seat terror on the high seas." Daily Post

Peter Tonkin was born in 1950 in Ulster, Northern Ireland and was raised in the UK, Holland, Germany, and the Persian Gulf. The son of an RAF officer, Tonkin spent much of his youth travelling the world from one posting to another.

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• Publication Date: August 18, 2022
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