On the King's Sea Service: A John Phillips Novel (War at Sea Book 1)

This novel follows a young officer in the Royal Navy through the early years of his career at sea. It opens in the final months of the American War of Independence, when Britain's fleets were still fighting far from home. It then carries him forward into the period when Britain joined the wider conflict that had spread across Europe after the French Revolution. Through the ships he serves in and the postings he receives, readers see the routines aboard a vessel in the age of sail, the weight of command and the larger wars that shaped his generation.