#1 – A Ship for the King
Bristol, England, 1618. Kit Faulkner is a young vagrant orphan, but his life changes forever when two gentlemen spot his potential and he is taken aboard their merchant ship, the Swallow, to be trained for a life at sea. As he rises through the ranks, he…
#2 – For King or Commonwealth
1649. England has been torn asunder by a civil war that has pitted Parliamentarians against Royalists. Captain Kit Faulkner, bound to the Royalist cause, has been living in exile for the past four years. Faulkner must now support himself with the tiny rump of the Royal…
#3 – The King’s Chameleon
In 1659, Kit Faulkner has built a prosperous household, but the collapse of the Protectorate makes every earlier allegiance dangerous. His son Nathaniel returns from Jamaica as soldiers, politicians and exiles manoeuvre over whether the monarchy should be restored. Kit is drawn into the covert negotiations…