PETER SMALLEY Peter Smalley was born in Melbourne Australia, and educated at Geelong Grammar School. His late father was a naval officer in WW2,and his late father-in-law sailed as an ordinary seaman on a fourmasted barque at the end of the era of sailing merchant ships.A great uncle was a merchant ship's captain.Peter Smalley began his professional career as an advertising copywriter,moving on into radio, television and movies.He won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize for his first novel'A Warm Gun' (Andre Deutsch, London)He subsequently pursued a career in radio as a broadcaster, and in television and movies a screenwriter. He lives in London with his wife Clytie Jessop, an artist and film director. His present series of sea novels. the HMS Expedient series, featuringCaptain William Rennie RN and Lieutenant James Hayter RN, began with 'HMS Expedient' set in 1786. The series continued with 'Port Royal'(1788), 'Barbary Coast' (1789), 'The Hawk' (1790), 'The Pursuit' (1792)and continues with 'The Marvellous Sea' (1793) 'The Marvellous Sea' is the seventh book in the series, and the first to beoffered exclusively online, through Amazon Kindle Direct. An eighth title'The Lifting Wind', is currently in preparation. ********HMS EXPEDIENT IS BACK!THE MARVELLOUS SEA It is 1793. England is at war with Revolutionary France.The Royal Navy plays a vital part in England's fighting strength.Captain William Rennie RN and Lieutenant James Hayter RNsail their 36 gun frigate HMS Expedient on another hazardouscommission far from England. Storms, bloody sea action andtreachery mar their progress to remote Ascension Island in the Atlantic, where they are to rendezvous with a mysteriousmerchant vessel. When they reach Ascension its harsh landscapeand sheer isolation in the vastness of the ocean add to Rennie'sprivate doubts about this duty. Soon he makes a discovery thatcould bring their commission enormous success - or destroy them utterly.'The Marvellous Sea' is the seventh book in gripping HMS Expedientseries of 18th century naval adventures, and the first to be offeredexclusively online. ******** 'Once aboard a frigate, Peter Smalley can be guaranteed to hold hisreader a willing captive, He is a most powerful storyteller.' Diana Athill 'Swift and bloody engagements, locations by turns stormy orexotic and a fluency with maritime detail all assist Smalley's pursuit of the late Patrick O'Brian's mantle." FT Magazine'Following in the wake of Hornblower and Patrick O'Brian...there is enough to satisfy the most belligerent armchair warrior.' Sunday Telegraph'Salute a new master of the sea.' Daily Express *********