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Harry Heron #1-6
The Harry Heron Series eBook Boxed Set
In the vein of Horatio Hornblower, Patrick G. Cox weaves an exciting, authentic tale of Henry (Harry) Nelson-Heron, a young Midshipman in the British Royal Navy in the early 1800s. When Harry and his best friend Ferghal make the treacherous journey to London to find a ship, fate smiles on them. Harry is appointed a Midshipman aboard the HMS Bellerophon, and Ferghal joins him as a seaman. Transferred to HMS Spartan, the seafaring life takes Harry and Ferghal across the seas and into an unimaginable future.
On the return voyage, in the midst of a sea fight with the French during the Napoleonic wars, an explosion happens that is clearly not the result of cannon fire from the 64-gun French ship. In that moment, Harry, Ferghal and Danny Gunn, a ship boy, disappear from the deck and land 400 years into the future on the deck of the NECS Vanguard, a starship whose Captain is none other than James Heron, Harry’s twelve times great nephew, a keen military leader who quickly becomes a father figure to Harry and the boys.
They are plunged right into the action and intrigue of a modern interstellar fleet battling enemies on Earth and in outpost colonies on other planets. As celebrities and curiosities, Harry and Ferghal are the target of the Johnstone Research Group, who want to use them as lab rats, and who are aligned with the Consortium, a heavily armed and determined enemy, but the North European Confederation’s crushing defeat of the Consortium at Pangaea has led to full-scale war. Meanwhile, all is not well aboard the NECS Daring. Catapulted into a life-or-death situation when the ship is destroyed, Harry and Ferghal must use their knowledge of some very old weapons and skills to save their crew and return to their family and friends.
On a voyage of exploration, NECS Beagle disturbs a strange alien race called the Niburu. Humanity stands to be wiped out one world at a time if the Niburu are not stopped. In the ensuing battles, the smaller ships of the Fleet must deliver a very dangerous weapon provided by their shadowy allies the Siddhiche to deal the final blow to the Niburu and win the war.
The arc of the series reveals how Harry and Ferghal outwit and outlast those who target them for destruction and elimination, including a secret organization of assassins known as the Pantheon, who have operatives at every level of government. But the Pantheon have never dealt with someone like Commander Harry Heron, and they have no idea what is in store. Their plans spiral out of control when he brings them down through his savvy use of integrity, intelligence, and his unique ability to communicate with the artificial intelligence of any network in proximity, even though the effort is almost his undoing.
Through it all, Harry, Ferghal, and Danny grow into brilliant leaders and fine young men, supported by their friendship and mentorship with Captain (then later Admiral) James Heron and his sister, the feisty Aunt Niamh, a mother figure and a force to be reckoned with as their greatest advocate and protector. Love wins out in the end: the bonds of family love and the fulfillment of married love for Harry and his sweetheart Mary.
On the return voyage, in the midst of a sea fight with the French during the Napoleonic wars, an explosion happens that is clearly not the result of cannon fire from the 64-gun French ship. In that moment, Harry, Ferghal and Danny Gunn, a ship boy, disappear from the deck and land 400 years into the future on the deck of the NECS Vanguard, a starship whose Captain is none other than James Heron, Harry’s twelve times great nephew, a keen military leader who quickly becomes a father figure to Harry and the boys.
They are plunged right into the action and intrigue of a modern interstellar fleet battling enemies on Earth and in outpost colonies on other planets. As celebrities and curiosities, Harry and Ferghal are the target of the Johnstone Research Group, who want to use them as lab rats, and who are aligned with the Consortium, a heavily armed and determined enemy, but the North European Confederation’s crushing defeat of the Consortium at Pangaea has led to full-scale war. Meanwhile, all is not well aboard the NECS Daring. Catapulted into a life-or-death situation when the ship is destroyed, Harry and Ferghal must use their knowledge of some very old weapons and skills to save their crew and return to their family and friends.
On a voyage of exploration, NECS Beagle disturbs a strange alien race called the Niburu. Humanity stands to be wiped out one world at a time if the Niburu are not stopped. In the ensuing battles, the smaller ships of the Fleet must deliver a very dangerous weapon provided by their shadowy allies the Siddhiche to deal the final blow to the Niburu and win the war.
The arc of the series reveals how Harry and Ferghal outwit and outlast those who target them for destruction and elimination, including a secret organization of assassins known as the Pantheon, who have operatives at every level of government. But the Pantheon have never dealt with someone like Commander Harry Heron, and they have no idea what is in store. Their plans spiral out of control when he brings them down through his savvy use of integrity, intelligence, and his unique ability to communicate with the artificial intelligence of any network in proximity, even though the effort is almost his undoing.
Through it all, Harry, Ferghal, and Danny grow into brilliant leaders and fine young men, supported by their friendship and mentorship with Captain (then later Admiral) James Heron and his sister, the feisty Aunt Niamh, a mother figure and a force to be reckoned with as their greatest advocate and protector. Love wins out in the end: the bonds of family love and the fulfillment of married love for Harry and his sweetheart Mary.
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Published October 25, 2020
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About the author
Patrick G. Cox
25 books76 followersPatrick Gray Cox has had a long fascination with the sea and ships, as well as the world of science fiction and space travel. Born in Cape Town and educated at Selborne College in East London, South Africa, Patrick is a published technical author and lecturer, and a retired firefighter after thirty-six years of soot, heat, blood, sweat, and laughter. He is a Licensed Minister in the Church of England and has three adult children and three grandchildren of whom he is enormously proud.
He has a number of published articles in trade journals and continues to write in a freelance capacity for the Fire and Rescue Journal among others. His portfolio includes a large number of commissioned articles on fire service matters, a book on Marine Fire Studies and the editing of a handbook for the NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Risk Management. His technical books include the IFE Guide to Fire Investigation published in 2011 and The Fire Service Leader’s Pocket Book published in 2017. He has appeared on television programmes in the past as a fire-fighting expert including Ring of Fire for the Discovery Channel about fighting bush fires in Australia, and he had a similar role as a commentator on Inside Spontaneous Human Combustion in 2005 for Sky1.
His popular historical romance, A Baltic Affair, is set in the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars in the Baltic area against the background of Napoleon's attempt to strangle British trade with its Northern European allies, the repercussions of which still echo down the years.
Limehouse Boys takes readers to the grimy, gritty streets of the East End of London in the 1830s and follows the struggles of three orphans caught up in a web of crime, corruption in high places and poverty. With the help of friends among the watermen of the river, they find a niche in which they can change the fate intended for them by those with money and power.
Magnus Patricius: The Remarkable Life of St Patrick the Man, is a fictionalised biography of St Patrick, one of his heroes. Preparation to write this tribute work to the saint took much time and involved reading a very wide range of matters related to the period in which St Patrick lived, the events he would have witnessed, the cultures, the peoples, and of course, as many academic studies of the man and his work he could access. While only two documents survive that are authenticated as being the words of Patrick himself, these are supplemented by a veritable library of other works believed by many to be either based upon or inspired by Patrick's own writings.
Harry Heron: Midshipman's Journey, is the flagship book in the Harry Heron Adventure Series. Entirely a work of 19th century British naval fiction, this coming-of-age story follows the career of Midshipman Harry Nelson-Heron and his friends Ferghal O’Connor and Danny Gunn aboard the 74-gun HMS Spartan on a voyage to Australia and the East.
Harry Heron: Into the Unknown, the second book in the series, captures the exciting action as Harry, Ferghal and Danny are accidentally propelled through a time warp four hundred years into the future from 1804 to 2204. Through wits, skill and intelligence, they quickly assimilate into the North European Confederation Fleet and adapt to the world of spaceships and colonies on distant planets.
Harry Heron: No Quarter captures Harry and Ferghal’s adventures and challenges in Fleet College and their early days as newly commissioned Midshipmen.
Harry Heron: Savage Fugitive finds Harry and his friends fighting to survive on the alien world Lycania while on the run from the Consortium.
The final two books in the series, Harry Heron: Awakening Threat, and Harry Heron: Hope Transcends, have now been joined by the Prequel, Captain James Heron First Into the Fray and Conflict in Shadow.
He has a number of published articles in trade journals and continues to write in a freelance capacity for the Fire and Rescue Journal among others. His portfolio includes a large number of commissioned articles on fire service matters, a book on Marine Fire Studies and the editing of a handbook for the NEBOSH Certificate in Fire Risk Management. His technical books include the IFE Guide to Fire Investigation published in 2011 and The Fire Service Leader’s Pocket Book published in 2017. He has appeared on television programmes in the past as a fire-fighting expert including Ring of Fire for the Discovery Channel about fighting bush fires in Australia, and he had a similar role as a commentator on Inside Spontaneous Human Combustion in 2005 for Sky1.
His popular historical romance, A Baltic Affair, is set in the latter stages of the Napoleonic Wars in the Baltic area against the background of Napoleon's attempt to strangle British trade with its Northern European allies, the repercussions of which still echo down the years.
Limehouse Boys takes readers to the grimy, gritty streets of the East End of London in the 1830s and follows the struggles of three orphans caught up in a web of crime, corruption in high places and poverty. With the help of friends among the watermen of the river, they find a niche in which they can change the fate intended for them by those with money and power.
Magnus Patricius: The Remarkable Life of St Patrick the Man, is a fictionalised biography of St Patrick, one of his heroes. Preparation to write this tribute work to the saint took much time and involved reading a very wide range of matters related to the period in which St Patrick lived, the events he would have witnessed, the cultures, the peoples, and of course, as many academic studies of the man and his work he could access. While only two documents survive that are authenticated as being the words of Patrick himself, these are supplemented by a veritable library of other works believed by many to be either based upon or inspired by Patrick's own writings.
Harry Heron: Midshipman's Journey, is the flagship book in the Harry Heron Adventure Series. Entirely a work of 19th century British naval fiction, this coming-of-age story follows the career of Midshipman Harry Nelson-Heron and his friends Ferghal O’Connor and Danny Gunn aboard the 74-gun HMS Spartan on a voyage to Australia and the East.
Harry Heron: Into the Unknown, the second book in the series, captures the exciting action as Harry, Ferghal and Danny are accidentally propelled through a time warp four hundred years into the future from 1804 to 2204. Through wits, skill and intelligence, they quickly assimilate into the North European Confederation Fleet and adapt to the world of spaceships and colonies on distant planets.
Harry Heron: No Quarter captures Harry and Ferghal’s adventures and challenges in Fleet College and their early days as newly commissioned Midshipmen.
Harry Heron: Savage Fugitive finds Harry and his friends fighting to survive on the alien world Lycania while on the run from the Consortium.
The final two books in the series, Harry Heron: Awakening Threat, and Harry Heron: Hope Transcends, have now been joined by the Prequel, Captain James Heron First Into the Fray and Conflict in Shadow.
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