Molly, upset by her family's move from London to the U.S., is strangely drawn to an old book about the life of Admiral Lord Nelson, and soon finds her life intertwined with that of Sam, a boy her age who served with Nelson aboard the HMS "Victory" a century earlier.
Temeraire the dragon and his captain, Will Laurence, fly to Africa to search for a cure to the epidemic plaguing England's dragon ranks and hold off conquest by Napoleon Bonaparte.
Two men, Captain Jack Aubrey, R.N., and Stephen Maturin, ship's doctor and intelligence agent, become fast friends aboard a man-of-war ship during the Napoleonic wars.
When fourteen-year-old pickpocket John Jacob Turnstile is offered a life at sea as a captain's personal valet instead of prison, he embarks on a voyage to Tahiti aboard the "Bounty, " and when the crew falls in love with the island woman, they stage a mutiny.
After capturing a French frigate and seizing its precious cargo, Captain Will Laurence of the HMS "Reliant" befriends the dragon Temeraire and uses his new friend to help defend his country from other airborne dragon forces.
Worldly and debonair, Alex Hawke has pushed himself to excellence -- in seamanship, international business, and free-lance espionage. On a mission to stop a rogue sub with 40 nukes aimed at the United States, he finds a link to his own tragic past.
Horatio Hornblower returns to sea with the rank of Commodore in command of a small squadron during the Napoleonic wars. The fate of Europe hangs on the outcome of his mission.
