Order of Seth Hunter Books

Seth Hunter is the pen name of British novelist Paul Bryers, who writes nautical historical fiction under this pen name. He writes the Nathan Peake series. The stories are set during the War of the First Coalition, a conflict between revolutionary France and a European alliance later known as the First Coalition.

Seth Hunter debuted under this pen name with the novel The Time of Terror in 2008. Below is a list of Seth Hunter’s books in order of when they were first released:

Publication Order of Nathan Peake Books

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Seth Hunter Synopses: Set in 1793 during the height of the French Revolution, In the Time of Terror by Seth Hunter follows British navy commander Nathan Peake as he trades routine coastal patrols for a dangerous new mission. Tasked with destabilizing the French economy by smuggling counterfeit banknotes into Paris, Peake enters a city gripped by chaos, where guillotines claim lives daily and loyalties shift without warning.

Navigating through mob-filled streets and the shadowy catacombs below, Peake must outwit revolutionaries and rivals alike. But as the Reign of Terror intensifies and resistance stirs, his mission becomes entangled with a far more personal goal – saving the woman he loves from a fate as brutal as the times themselves. A gripping tale of espionage, betrayal, and survival in a world gone mad.

The Tide of War is the second book in Seth Hunter’s Nathan Peake series. Nathan Peake is sent to the Caribbean to take command of HMS Unicorn, a 32-gun frigate with a dark past marred by mutiny and murder. As he struggles to assert authority over his new crew, a greater threat looms on the horizon.

The French Revolutionary government has dispatched the Virginie – the most formidable frigate in their fleet – on a covert mission to incite rebellion and chaos across the Caribbean, from the shores of Cuba to the Mississippi Delta. As Unicorn sails into a dangerous cat-and-mouse pursuit of the Virginie, Nathan must also navigate the treacherous politics of the New World, including the beguiling Sabine Delatour, the mysterious “witch queen” of a rebel army, and Gilbert Imlay, a cunning American agent with his own agenda.

The Price of Glory is the third Nathan Peake novel by Seth Hunter. Captain Nathan Peake sets sail into dangerous waters once more – both literal and political – as he navigates the perilous seas off Brittany and the volatile streets of post-Revolutionary Paris. There, he crosses paths with two infamous courtesans and a rising star of the French military: a young, ambitious artillery officer mockingly nicknamed Captain Cannon, destined for greatness as Napoleon Bonaparte.

Reassigned to command the Unicorn, Nathan is ordered to join forces with another daring young officer, Captain Horatio Nelson, in an effort to disrupt Bonaparte’s campaign in Italy. But Nathan harbors a personal mission of his own – to locate his lost love, whose fate remains uncertain amid the shifting tides of war.

From the courts of Europe to the bloody battlefields of the Mediterranean, Nathan discovers that the pursuit of glory often exacts a greater cost than any fortune, and that love and loyalty may be the only true treasures worth fighting for.