Peter Raven is the new midshipman on board HMS Torren, a Royal Navy ship battling with the French, led by General Napoleon Bonaparte.

From the outset, the thirteen-year-old finds himself bound to Commodore Beaumont, an intrepid British spy.

When unexpected events at sea lead the pair into a dangerous intrigue on shore, they discover an extraordinary plot by the French: to create a vast empire by taking control of the newly-created United States of America...

Soon it's a race against time to the pirate-filled waters of the Caribbean to save an entire nation – and the spirited American girl who has captured their hearts!

Set against the real-life history of the time, Peter Rauen Under Fire is the first in a series of the young midshipman's rip-roaring adventures.

 

Michael Molloy lives in Ealing, London, and is married to Sandy. They have three daughters, Jane, Kate and Alexandra,