INFERNO: Out next month!
UK Edition
US Edition
Just a few weeks to the official launch on October 6 of Inferno, my latest Kydd tale! For this book Kathy and I travelled to Denmark and Sweden on location research, braving the Baltic chill in winter. The book sees Captain Thomas Kydd involved in the Second Battle of Copenhagen in 1807.
UK Edition
US Edition
This is what Quarterdeck magazine had to say of the book:
‘Julian Stockwin’s stock-in-trade throughout the Thomas Kydd naval adventures has been creating stirring original, authentic, history-based stories, which often cover completely new subject matter in the genre. Stockwin splices a mariner’s sense of the sea, with a historian’s keen eye, to craft matchless true-to-life historical naval adventures. Immersing himself in minutiae, he leaves no stone unturned in bringing a Kydd novel to life. Whether it’s describing sail handling, a famed naval action, or a slice of Georgian England, the passage is based on factual resources. Inferno, the seventeenth instalment in the Thomas Kydd canon, brings another compelling epic to the fore.
It’s 1807 and Captain Sir Thomas Kydd is ashore, while his frigate, Tyger, is under repair in dry-dock, after her gallant action against three enemy frigates in the Baltic. Hailed as a hero, Kydd craves “space to find himself again; to get away somewhere blessedly remote and peaceful . . .” This lands him in a small, remote village along Scotland’s rocky western coast, with Tyger seaman Toby Stirk, who is recovering from wounds suffered in the recent frigate battle. When a mysterious gold doubloon surfaces, the mates are drawn into a perilous undersea treasure hunt, thrusting Kydd into an ethical dilemma.
At the same time, Napoleon Bonaparte’s victories across Europe and his Continental System – a broad embargo against British trade – threatens England’s economy. But the Emperor’s plan has one critical weakness: Denmark and her navy control the straits through which Baltic trade flows. In an effort to thwart the French, Nicholas Renzi – Lord Farndon – is dispatched by the government on a diplomatic mission to Copenhagen to prevail upon the Danish government to turn its fleet over to the British. Faced with the French army on its border and the Royal Navy at sea, the Danes demur, and risk being caught between two warring forces.
Returning from Scotland, Captain Kydd resumes command of Tyger and sails with a grand fleet and a military force bound for the Baltic on a mission to sway Denmark’s Crown Prince to surrender the Danish fleet. Failing this, the Danish ships could be unleashed by the French against the British. This leads to the Second Battle of Copenhagen, with the British bombarding the city over four days. Meanwhile, Lord Farndon and his wife, Cecilia – Thomas Kydd’s sister – are caught in the blazing inferno.
Stockwin’s passion for the sea, naval service, and the time of Nelson oozes from the pages like fresh hot pitch between the seams of a man-of-war’s deck.’
The book will be available in hardback, ebook and audiobook formats
Read an excerpt
For UK Kydd fans I will be signing copies of Inferno at various venues:-
On Saturday October 8 I’ll be at Waterstones Drake Circus, Plymouth, 11am – 1:00
- Waterstones
1 Charles St
Plymouth
PL1 1EA
Tel: 01752 669 898
On Saturday October 15 I’ll be at Torbay Bookshop, Paignton, at 11am
The Torbay Bookshop
7 Torquay Road
Paignton
Devon
TQ3 3DU
Tel: 01803 522011
Julian Stockwin 
Bonjour,
When is Inferno coming out in paperback ?
Best greetings from Normandy
Bonjour! INFERNO is out in paperback on May 18
This has been a long wait ! I look forward to an occasioin of purchasing it !
Just received a call from Waterstones, my copy of Inferno is ready to collect tomorrow — I can’t wait!
Mike Zanzinger
A little ahead of official release! Hope you find it a good read, Mike!
I started Inferno this morning — love the new format, brilliantly dynamic and totally engrossing.
Mike Z.
Great to hear, Mike!
Just finished Inferno and I loved EVERY chapter.
Mike Z.
Greetings from the Antipodes. Being one of your many fans in Australia, who has just finished re-reading the series to date, I look forward to the Inferno being released in Oz. I would also like to know whether the publisher has a retail agent in Australia where I can acquire Mr Stockwin’s other works.
Regards
John
Dymocks hold stocks of most of my titles
https://www.dymocks.com.au/search-results/page-1/?str=julian%20stockwin&IsAdv=false
You could also use Book Depository who ship worldwide free
http://www.bookdepository.com/author/Julian-Stockwin
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Greatly enjoyed The Powder of Death and learned so much! Can’t wait for my copy of Inferno to arrive.
Wish I could join you in Devon for one of the launch parties.
Do you ever sign books by post if we send paid for return packages?
Best wishes
David
Regret due to work pressure I cannot undertake any signings by post. Delighted you enjoyed THE POWDER OF DEATH and hope you find INFERNO a good read, too.
Will this book be released in the US next month?
Actually it is already out in the States; my US publisher McBooks released it a little earlier than anticipated publication date
Actually McBooks Press have released INFERNO already, a little ahead of official publication. THE POWDER OF DEATH is also available at some outlets in the US including Barnes and Noble, and on Amazon shortly.
Mr Stockwin,
I already have a hardcover U.S. edition of Inferno; I have had it for at least a week!
Fred Smith
Fred – yes, I believe my US publisher McBooks released INFERNO a little ahead of schedule. Hope you enjoy the book!
Good day Julian,
What a fantastic review, looking forward to receiving my copy. It will dovetail beautifully in with my completion of reading The Powder of Death, another fantastic Stockwin read.
Your inspiration in writing leaves me in awe and dumbfounded as to how you are able to produce what I can only say are the best reads I have come across since originally finding Patrick O’Brian’s many books years ago, you have filled that void since his demise for me with your Kydd books and others such as The Powder of Death, my sincere thanks, please, please keep them coming.
Kindest regards,
Yours aye,
Alan Rootes
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Thank you, Alan!
Totally with Alan Rootes. Keep checking my emails to see if my copy of inferno is on the way!
Julian, Received my copy of Inferno today. Please add me to your list for the two new novels next year! Still think that there would be a market for hard back copies of your earliest novels in the Kydd series. Best Wishes Brian Allinson
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On the list!
So looking forward to it have just reread the last book in preparation
Have followed Kydd from the start and read them a number of times they allways read so well historically correct, many thanks for giving so much enjoyment.
Always feel humbled when I hear some readers have re-read the books a number of times. Hope you enjoy INFERNO.
I am an avid Kydd collector and have all of the Novel’s. Only the first few are paperback because as soon as signed first editions became available I opted for them.
So Julian, please ask your publishers to consider a re run of those early versions in signed Hard covers so that our collections look better!
Will certainly mention it to them. You can sometimes pick up Signed First Editions of my earlier titles as specialist bookstores like Goldsboro https://www.goldsborobooks.com/authors/julian-stockwin/
Jules Its been awhile but sure am looking forward to another great sea adventure with Kydd and Renzi