New Seafaring novel set in the time of the US Civil War

“Palmetto” by Martin Hicks

About the Book:

It is 1861 and Thomas Grover has resigned from the US Navy to go with his native state of South Carolina which has left the Union. For two years his career in the new Confederate Navy is tedious and unrewarding. He is posted to Britain as a naval attaché, again denied his wish for active service, until he is transferred to Liverpool where he is offered command of a new warship. Grover must get to sea on the ship and see her armed and commissioned as CSS Palmetto, whose mission will be that of a predator, to range the oceans, seeking out and destroying American vessels wherever they are to be found.

About the Author:

Martin Hicks lives in Fraserburgh in Scotland and began writing after a career in education. He has since published a number of novels set in the war of 1861 – 65, with Palmetto being his ninth title. He is currently working on a sequel to the story.

Books by the same author:

A Season for Killing (2007)
A Deepening Twilight (2007)
A Gathering of Soldiers (2008)
Hard Passage North (2009)
The Rappahannock Line (2011)
Mirage of Victory (2012)
The Bitterest Enemy (2013)
Bond of Blood (2014)

Palmetto by Martin Hicks is available in paperback from Amazon UK at:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Palmetto-Martin-Hicks/dp/1785076361

The e-book is also available to purchase from Amazon at:

www.amazon.co.uk/Palmetto-Martin-Hicks-ebook/dp/B019KXX7FW

Press/Media Contact Details:

Darin Jewell
Managing Director
Inspira Group Literary Agency
Tel. 0208 292 5163
E-mail: darin@theinspiragroup.com