Dragged from the deck of the 74 HMS Spartan in 1805 by a freak accident Midshipman Harry Nelson-Heron, Boy Seaman Ferghal O'Connor and Powder Monkey Danny Gunn find themselves in the high tech world of the twenty-third Century.
Finding themselves in the hangar decks of the huge new starship NECS Vanguard, they must now come to terms not only with the change of time, but with the gap in their understanding of the universe, science and technology. And they must do this in the midst of a power struggle between those who seek to take over the governments of the free world and those in the political process who through their own corruption and self-interest seek to allow this - and those who must prevent it. The Fleet of starships and its dedicated crews must fight to save the freedom of their peoples - and of the aliens enslaved in the service of the plotters.
The three are a target for corrupt bureaucrats and perverted scientists in the pay of the mysterious Consortium.
They have a key role to play in the frustration of these plans, but it comes at some personal cost to Harry and his friends. They are fortunate in that fate has played a strange 'joke.' The Captain of the Vanguard is Harry's twelve times Great-nephew and he uses his contacts and relationship to secure the guardianship of the youngsters ...
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Patrick G Cox
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 Born in Cape Town and educated at Selborne College in East London (The South African one, not the other place in the UK), Patrick is a published technical author and a now retired Fire Fighter and lecturer after thirty-six years of soot, heat, blood, sweat and laughter. He has spent the last twenty-three years in England and now lives in Germany. He was a Licensed Minister in the Church of England, has three adult children of whom he is enormously proud, and has created this series of books in pursuit of his own dreams of spacefaring and adventure.
His career has taken him to the Romania, Poland, Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Australia, the USA, Caribbean, Thailand, the Middle East and West Africa. He has appeared on television in several of these countries in his professional role. His books draw on experiences of working in a uniformed service and for governments.
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