Book 1
At The Edge Of Honor
The Civil War begins Peter Wake's naval journey in Key West, Havana, and the Bahamas in 1863.
The Peter Wake Novels
The Honor Series
Thrilling highlights of the U.S. Navy's role in America's expansion from a continental country into a global power.
Seventeen Novels
Follow Peter Wake through war, diplomacy, espionage, family, duty, and the transformation of American sea power.
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Book 2
Point Of Honor
In 1864, Wake's reputation grows as difficult assignments test both command and conscience.
Book 3
Honorable Mention
Peter Wake's hopes for a quick and peaceful end to the Civil War disappear in the desperate turmoil of 1865 Florida and the Caribbean.
Book 4
A Dishonorable Few
In 1869, Peter Wake faces dangerous choices amid international intrigue.
Book 5
An Affair Of Honor
Personal loyalty and naval duty collide in the wider Wake story, as you follow him through European and African assignments in 1874.
Book 6
A Different Kind Of Honor
A journey into the 1881 War of the Pacific in South America, and winner of the 2008 W. Y. Boyd Literary Award for Excellence in Military Fiction.
Book 7
The Honored Dead
Find Lt. Cmdr. Peter Wake, Office of Naval Intelligence, aboard a riverboat on the Mekong River, in 1883 French Indo-China, and prepare for action in this "Highly Recommended" choice by Booklist.
Book 8
The Darkest Shade Of Honor
A darker chapter begins with Commander Peter Wake, of the U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Intelligence, at New York City in 1886, where he meets two intense young men who will dramatically influence his life: Theodore Roosevelt and José Martí.
Book 9
Honor Bound
In the summer of 1888, Commander Peter Wake, U.S. naval intelligence agent, is in Florida culminating an espionage mission, but then finds he's risking it all in the Bahamas and Haiti.
Book 10
Honorable Lies
It's September 1888, and Commander Peter Wake, Office of Naval Intelligence, has been ordered to salvage his failed espionage operation against the Spanish Navy in Havana, but can he really trust anyone, or anything, in Cuba?
Book 11
Honors Rendered
This story is taken from the real history of the South Pacific, where the clash of Germany and the United States predated World War I by 25 years.
Book 12
The Assassin’s Honor
Inspired by the real events of 1892, Wake navigates threats in a changing global order as he faces a tangled web of Germans in Mexico, rebel Cubans in Key West, and Spanish secret agents in Tampa. Nothing is as it seems!
Book 13
An Honorable War
2017 Silver Medal in Popular Fiction from the Florida Book Awards. The Spanish-American War begins ...
Book 14
Honoring The Enemy
The story of how American sailors, Marines and soldiers landed in eastern Cuba in 1898 and, against daunting odds, fought their way to victory.
Book 15
Word Of Honor
Eric Hoffer Award recognition and the third book of the Spanish-American War trilogy.
Book 16
Code Of Honor
A multi-award-winning page-turner about RADM Peter Wake, USN, in the 1904-1905 Russo-Japanese War.
Book 17
Full Naval Honors
The final novel of Peter Wake and his descendants wins the 2024 Patrick D. Smith Literary Award and the 2024 FAPA Silver Medal.