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Book SynopsisAs part of the award-winning Honor Series of historical naval novels,
Word of Honor is the personal memoir of protagonist Peter Wake, a veteran of espionage operations for the Office of Naval Intelligence who also has considerable sea and combat experience. At the beginning of this third book of the Spanish-American War Trilogy, it is three years after the war and Wake is called in to explain his decisions and actions in the Caribbean during the wartime summer of 1898. As he briefs his interrogators, Wake recalls surviving two major land battles and a climatic sea battle near Cuba, then taking command of auxiliary cruiser
Dixon, which is manned with regular and reservist officers and men. Wake soon tackles enemy blockade-runners, participates in the invasion of Puerto Rico, encounters future president and war hero Theodore Roosevelt, and pursues an elusive Spanish ocean raider on the loose somewhere in the Caribbean.
Trade ReviewWith
Word of Honor, Robert Macomber has done it again. The Peter Wake novels are more than just gripping stories about life at sea - they offer a carefully rendered, historically accurate imagining of America's naval history in the second half of the 19th century. This latest book, animated by battles and political intrigue and above all the captivating character, of Wake himself, is no exception." —Clay Risen, author of
The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders and the Dawn of the American Century"Exceptional historical fiction! Robert Macomber's
Word of Honor completes his trilogy of the Spanish-American War and is simply another great book by this master story-teller as he continues his tale of the life and career of Peter Wake, Naval Intelligence Officer." —Rear Admiral Tony L. Cothron, USN (Ret.), 62nd Director of Naval Intelligence
"The latest installment in the brilliant trajectory of Peter Wake's naval career keeps readers on the edge of the bridge wing. Set just after the Spanish-American war, this volume ushers us into America's brief flirtation with colonization and the rise of a truly global US Navy. Powerful history told through the lens of deeply compelling characters - another triumph!" —Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret.), 16th Supreme Allied Commander at NATO and author of
The Leader's Bookshelf"Macomber is today's foremost practitioner of a fascinating subgenre - historical fiction of the nautical variety. Building his series on the imagined autobiography of Peter Wake, he's given readers a vivid, multi-dimensional hero. Macomber makes the remarkable times he portrays glow. This latest title is no exception. History comes alive." —Philip K. Jason, Professor Emeritus, United States Naval Academy, and author of
Acts and Shadows: The Vietnam War in American Literary Culture
