Nathan Peake: Book 1
Publication Date: September 1, 2016
In The Time of Terror, friends turn against friends, patriots are betrayed, and lovers must pay the ultimate price.1793: British navy commander Nathan Peake patrols the English coast, looking for smugglers. Desperate for some real action, Peake gets his chance when France declares war on England and descends into the bloody madness of the Terror. Peake is entrusted with a mission to wreck the French economy by smuggling fake banknotes into Paris. His activities take him down Paris streets patrolled by violent mobs and into the sinister catacombs beneath the French capital. As opposition to the Terror mounts, Peake fights to carry out his mission—and to save the life of the woman he loves.
Against the backdrop of the French Revolution, British navy commander Nathan Peake goes undercover on a mission to smuggle fake banknotes into Paris.
While many events and characters in The Time of Terror are fictitious, author Seth Hunter includes enough historical detail to effectively bring the story to life.
It’s a time of great unrest in France, where the guillotine sees frequent use, with no differentiation between actual criminals and the bourgeoisie. Peake gets a front-row seat as he rubs shoulders with notable figures of the time period.
With fine detail, the author inserts fiction within history to emphasize the uncertainty amongst the inhabitants where no one is truly safe from the madness sweeping through the streets.
As the first installment in an ongoing series featuring Peake and highlighting his naval adventures, The Time of Terror provides a captivating introduction to the character while expounding on interesting historical events.
Seth Hunter is the pseudonym of London-based Paul Bryers, the author of the highly acclaimed Nathan Peake Novels, a series of naval adventures set against the canvas of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars. Bryers won an English arts council award for Best First Novel for his political thriller Hollow Target, and his next thriller, In A Pig’s Ear, was named as one of the Guardian’s best six novels of the year. He has written and directed many historical dramas for British television, radio, and the theatre.
