Conquistador

by Griff Hosker Book 1 in the Conquistador series.

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A Devon boy leaves England with his father, an experienced master gunner, in the early years of Henry VIII’s reign. Their voyage draws them into piracy and then towards the Spanish-controlled Atlantic world, where new weapons, seaborne trade and the first phase of conquest are rapidly changing the balance of power.

The boy learns the gunner’s craft in conditions where skill with cannon can decide the fate of ships and fortified settlements. Encounters with slavery, violence and the pursuit of wealth force him to grow quickly, and the journey that began as an adventure becomes the foundation of his own career as a master gunner. The novel opens a larger story that will carry him deeper into the Spanish conquest of the Americas.