Baxter finds himself involved in an infamous revolution . . .Marcus Baxter may have survived one naval battle, but his troubles are far from over.Despite serving with the Russian navy aboard the Yaroslovich, he is arrested by the Tsarist secret police for conspiracy and sent west on the Trans-Siberian railway to St. Petersburg. Competing factions within the secret police disrupt his journey and he finds himself in Odessa.Odessa, th...

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 ...

Embark on a riveting journey through the turbulent landscape of a life shaped by adversity and redemption in"From Concrete Roots." This gripping memoir traces the author's footsteps from the early shadows of a fatherless childhood, where the allure of drugs and violence threatened to entangle him in the streets' unforgiving grip.As the narrative unfolds, witness the power of music emerging as a potent escape, providinga lifeline away from the perilous allure of stre...

Embark on a riveting journey through the turbulent landscape of a life shaped by adversity and redemption in "From Concrete Roots."This gripping memoir traces the author's footsteps from the early shadows of a fatherless childhood,where the allure of drugs and violence threatened to entangle him in the streets' unforgiving grip.As the narrative unfolds, witness the power of music emerging as a potent escape, providing a lifeline away from the perilous allure of stre...

"This is a book about football and Britain, and Britain and football. You can't fully understand one without the other; and if you haven't got a sense of humour it's not worth even trying. "My name's Tim Marshall and it's been a week since my last match. I support a football club. That's not just five words; it' s a life sentence." Why do so many of us attend football grounds, rain or shine, week in week out, to bellow at our fellow countrymen? Because we love it. Football chants are the g...

Audiobook of the Year, Nominee — 2023 Audie AwardsSelected as a best book of 2021 by NPR, The Washington Post, Forbes, and Ms. Magazine, Wake is an imaginative tour-de-force that tells the powerful story of women-led slave revolts, and chronicles scholar Rebecca Hall's efforts to uncover the truth about these women warriors who, until now, have been left out of the historical record. Originally published as part graphic n...