TY - BOOK AU - Smith, Wilbur A, AU - Harper, Tom, TI - Storm tide T2 - Courtney series SN - 9781838775575 AV - PR9405.9.S5 S76 2022 U1 - 823.914 23 PY - 2022/// CY - London : PB - Zaffre, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, KW - Courtney family (Fictitious characters) KW - Fiction KW - Frontier and pioneer life KW - Families KW - Courage KW - Brothers KW - Revenge KW - United States KW - History KW - Revolution, 1775-1783 KW - Action and adventure fiction KW - fast KW - Historical fiction KW - Thrillers (Fiction) KW - War fiction KW - Sea fiction KW - lcgft N1 - "Three generations. A devastating war." -- Some covers N2 - 1774. Rob Courtney has spent his whole life in a quiet trading outpost on the east coast of Africa, dreaming of a life of adventure at sea. When his grandfather Jim Courtney dies, and the mysterious Captain Cornish calls into the fort, Rob takes his chance and stows away on Marston's ship as it sails to England. Arriving in London, Rob is seduced by the charms of the big city and soon finds himself desperate and penniless. That is until the navy comes calling. Rob enlists and is sent across the Atlantic on a ship to join the war against the rebellious American colonists. But on the other side of the Atlantic, unbeknownst to Rob, his distant cousins Cal and Aidan Courtney are leading a campaign against the British in a quest for American Independence. When Aidan is killed in a fierce battle with British troops, Cal vows he will not rest until he has avenged his brother's death, by driving the British out of America - by whatever means necessary ER -