Captain Putnam for the Republic of Texas

In this next installment of award-winner James L. Haley's gripping naval saga, Captain Bliven Putnam returns, embedding himself within a secret mission during the Texas Revolution that puts everything at risk.1836: Having spent the past few years on various missions in the Caribbean, and battling a nasty bout of malaria, Captain Bliven Putnam is all but ready to retire and settle down properly in Connecticut with his wife, Clarity. But as the Texas Revolution kicks off and tensions in the Gulf of Mexico rise, Putnam is sent orders for a secret campaign that might turn the tides of the rebellion. For months, American settlers in Texas have been revolting against an increasingly tyrannical Mexican government. But while the Texans have a small, yet powerful, army under the command of Sam Houston, a one-time protégé of President Andrew Jackson, their navy is practically nonexistent. Such a lack of naval presence becomes dire when Mexican forces are caught...