About the author
Patrick G Cox spent thirty plus years in the Fire Service in South Africa and later in the UK. Born in Cape Town in 1946 and educated at the Selborne Primary and College in East London (the one in South Africa, not the slightly less well known one on the Thames), he has had a lifelong interest in science fiction, the sea, ships and history. He draws his inspiration from the people and sometimes the events he has encountered in his career. The Harry Heron series explores a SciFi universe, while his love of history and the sea come to the fore in A Baltic Affair, Limehouse Boys, Ned Farrier Master Mariner and Magnus Patricius, a fictional 'biography' of St Patrick.
Harry Heron: Into the Unknown
A freak accident on board the HMS Spartan during a sea battle with the French navy in 1804 catapults Midshipman Harry Heron and his shipmates Ferghal O’Connor and Danny Gunn four hundred years into the future, landing them on the NECS Vanguard, flagship of the World Treaty Organisation Fleet. While Captain Blackwood and Major Heron sort out the mystery and determine whether the young men are alive or dead, Harry and his friends are faced with the challenge of learning new roles aboard a spaceship. Just as they have found their footing, they are called upon to assist the Fleet in a rescue mission on the planet Pangaea, giving them the opportunity to prove that their unique skills from the p...
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