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AT THE EDGE OF HONOR

A novel about naval warfare in Florida during the Civil War.

The year is 1863. The Civil War is leaving its bloody trail across the nation as Peter Wake, born and bred in the snowy North, joins the U.S. Navy as a volunteer officer and arrives in steamy Florida for duty with the East Gulf Blockading Squadron. The idealistic Wake has handled boats before, but he’s new to the politics and illicit liaisons that war creates among men. Assigned to the Rosalie, a tiny, armed sloop, Captain Wake commands a group of seasoned seamen on a series of voyages to seek and arrest Confederate blockade-runners and sympathizers, first in Florida’s coastal waters, then in a dirty and corrupt Havana, and finally near the remote out-islands of the Bahamas.

Wake risks his reputation as a tough officer and smart decision-maker when he falls in love with Linda Donahue, whose father is a Confederate zealot, and steals away to spend precious hours with her at her Key West home. Their love is tested as Wake must make the ugly decisions of war in a beautiful, tropical paradise—decisions that will take Peter Wake right up to the edge of honor.

“Macomber has written nonfiction pieces on various aspects of the Civil War and Florida with considerable style as well as solid historical research. It is delightful to see that he can handle the same topics in fiction, which should bring a larger audience to the subjects. It’s a wonderful first novel from an author who may be one of the most promising of the next generation of Civil War fiction writers.” —Laurie A. Chambliss, Associate Editor, Civil War Interactive

“Robert Macomber is a first-rate naval historian, and At the Edge of Honor proves it. The fascinating story of Florida’s Civil War sea battles was unknown to me until I read this book.” —Randy Wayne White

“Robert Macomber brings to life a little-known and long-forgotten aspect of the American Civil War as he takes readers back in time to actual events taking place along the coasts of southern Florida. He has filled in the realities missing from the official records and sterile histories.” —Lew Schmidt, author of the 4-volume The Civil War in Florida: A Military History

"At the Edge of Honor is a well-written, page-turning tale. It is an easy read and would appeal to anyone interested in the naval aspect of the Civil War, or of Florida during the period." — Blake A. Magner

“Macomber skillfully describes tactical strategizing while providing the history of Florida’s Civil War sea battles.” —Publishers Weekly

“At last! Finally we have an American character the equivalent of Hornblower or Aubry, a sailor who can do the evolutions and the special missions, who makes things happen and is human besides. Even better, Peter Wake sails in the Civil War, working in a fascinating corner of that terrible conflict, with blockade runners, Spaniards, and Brits mixed up in a rollicking sea adventure. Not to be missed!” — John Prados, author of Combined Fleet Decoded

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