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The Straits of Tsushima
Marcus Baxter Naval Thrillers (Book 1)
- Author
- Tim Chant
- Narrator
- Jonathan Johns
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 27 December 2022
- Run Time
- 9 hours 47 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
1904. The Russo-Japanese War has been raging for almost a year.
When blacklisted former Royal Navy officer Marcus Baxter is offered the chance to spy on a Russian ship passing through the North Sea, he jumps at the chance to regain his commission.
Accompanied by young Tommy Dunbar, desperate to earn his sea legs, Baxter is betrayed by the crew and captured by a Russian cruiser, the Yaroslavich, where both he and Tommy are held captive in an attempt to avoid escalating tension with Britain.
As the journey unfolds, Baxter discovers that not all of the crewmembers are who they claim to be—including Russian aristocrats, revolutionary Marxists, and mutineers—and with a traitor in their midst, can anyone be trusted?
Braving typhoons, treacherous seas, and would-be assassins, Baxter finds himself fighting alongside his new Russian comrades in the Battle of Tsushima, commanding one of the gun batteries and helping to fight off Japanese torpedo boats.
But with the Yaroslavich hit and going down, will any of them survive?
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Details
- Author
- Tim Chant
- Narrator
- Jonathan Johns
- Duration
- 9 hours 47 minutes
- Release Date
- 27 December 2022
- ISBN
- 9798765049440
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Thriller / suspense fiction, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Fiction: general and literary, War, combat and military adventure fiction, Historical fiction, Adventure fiction
Synopsis
Who can you trust when nothing is as it seems . . . ?1904. The Russo-Japanese War has been raging for almost a year.When blacklisted former Royal Navy officer Marcus Baxter is offered the chance to spy on a Russian ship passing through the North Sea, he jumps at the chance to regain his commission.Accompanied by young Tommy Dunbar, desperate to earn his sea legs, Baxter is betrayed by the crew and captured by a Russian cruiser, the Yaroslavich, where both he and Tommy are held captive in an attempt to avoid escalating tension with Britain.As the journey unfolds, Baxter discovers that not all of the crewmembers are who they claim to be—including Russian aristocrats, revolutionary Marxists, and mutineers—and with a traitor in their midst, can anyone be trusted?Braving typhoons, treacherous seas, and would-be assassins, Baxter finds himself fighting alongside his new Russian comrades in the Battle of Tsushima, commanding one of the gun batteries and helping to fight off Japanese torpedo boats.But with the Yaroslavich hit and going down, will any of them survive?
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