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Thomas Briggs
Tom Briggs is an author, sailor, and veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan. He became an author by accident, through writing for his own pleasure. Encouraged by his wife, he completed his second novel in 2024: Private Man of War.
Briggs was first drawn to sailing and tall ships during a visit to the South Street Seaport Museum in New York City. He joined the crew of the 1885 schooner Pioneer and learned sailing and seamanship on New York Harbor. He has since sailed as captain and crew on his own and other people’s vessels off the coast of Florida, the Chesapeake Bay, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean. He obtained his USCG license as master of vessels under fifty tons on inland waters in order to skipper a Chesapeake Bay skipjack.
His professional career has involved working in institutions of higher education, premier entertainment facilities and the military intelligence community. He is currently employed by Virginia Commonwealth University, though he’s had a thirty-year career at institutions such as the University of Central Florida, the City University of New York, Madison Square Garden, and the American Museum of Natural History.
Briggs enlisted in the Navy Reserve in 2005. He was deployed to Iraq in 2008 with NMCB Three and again to Afghanistan in 2010-11 with SEAL Team Four. He was commissioned as a Chief Warrant Officer in 2019 and deployed to Bahrain in 2024. Of note, he retired from the US Navy Reserve as a Chief Warrant Officer having never served on a naval vessel.
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Private Man of War
Set in the Caribbean during the Seven Years War, the story follows the return of Lieutenant Robert Marshal from the war in the north. Suffering from his experience, Robert has withdrawn from friends, family and the sea. Redemption comes through the efforts his former crew and he goes to sea again, though this time as a privateer for profit, rather than patriotism. Sailing the Caribbean from the Leeward to the Windward Islands, Robert and his crew battle the French, storms at sea and disease to gain the prize money as their due.
Told from three perspectives, the British, the French and the free-Black population of the British colonies; the story follows Robert, a French privateer and one of the last free-Black families of obeah on Antigua. When a British fleet unexpectedly comes to the Leeward Islands to oppose the French, Robert and his ship are forced to assist in the invasion of Martinique and Guadeloupe.
Baptiste Guyot Du Clos, a former French naval officer also turned privateer, is part of the defense of the islands. As the armies face each other on the islands, the fleets move between them, seeking the weather gauge and advantage. Ultimately, alone and outnumbered, Robert and his crew face Baptiste and other French privateers in the final fight for the French islands.
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.. The Alphabetical by Author
Philip R. Ackman, The Man in the Spider Web Coat
Lou Aguilar, Jake for Mayor
Chris Berman,A White Star in a Red Sky
Thomas Briggs,A Whit
Mark K Bois. Ensign James Lockwood
Mark Bois, Lockwoods of Clonakilty
Mark Bois, Lieutenant James Lockwood at the Battle of Waterloo
Mark Bois, Captain James Lockwood
James Boschert, Assassins of Alamut
James Boschert, Knight Assassin
James Boschert, Assassination in Al Qahira
James Boschert, Greek Fire
James Boschert, A Falcon Flies
James Boschert, The Dragon's Breath
James Boschert, Assassins of Kantara
James Boschert, Storms of Retribution
James Boschert, A Congress of Kings
James Boschert, When the Jungle is Silent
James Boschert, North Sea Windstorm
James Boschert, Midshipman Graham
Thomas Briggs,Private Man of War
Michael Brown, The Girl Who Was Me Is Gone
Susan Boulton, Hand of Glory
Sandra Camillo, The Journey of an Invisible Woman
Ken Carodine, General Quarters
Timothy Cole Killers & Spies
Timothy Cole The Murmansk Affair
Timothy Cole,Tides of Mercy
Timothy Cole,Ship of Tears
G.F.Cope. The Bone Cutter
John Danielski. The Corsair Conundrum
John M. Danielski, The King's Scarlet
John M. Danielski, Blue Water, Scarlet Tide
John M. Danielski, Capital's Punishment
John M. Danielski, Bellerophon’s Champion: Pennywhistle at Trafalgar
John M. Danielski, Bombproofed
John M. Danielski, Attaché Extraordinaire
John M. Danielski, Active's Measure
Leah Devlin, Vital Spark
Leah Devlin, Spider
Leah Devlin, Forger's Revenge
Leah Devlin, The Bottom Dwellers
Leah Devlin, Aegir's Curse
Leah Devlin, The Bends
Elena Douglas, Shadow of Athena
Elena Douglas, Warrior's Prize
Diana Forbes, Mistress Suffragette
Patrick Gabridge, Steering to Freedom
Craig Godfrey, Taken to the Grave
Craig Godfrey, 1814
Craig Godfrey, Silent From the Shadows
Craig Godfrey, Coral Moon
Lee Gold, Valhalla: Absent Without Leave
J.G.Harlond.The Doomsong Legend
J.G Harlond,The Doomsong Voyage
J.G. Harlond, The Chosen Man
J.G. Harlond, A Turning Wind
J.G. Harlond, A Force of Circumstance
J.G. Harlond, The Empress Emerald
J.G. Harlond, Local Resistance
Roger Hileman, A Killing Snow
Roger Hileman, In the Blood
Helen Hollick, Sea Witch
Helen Hollick, Pirate Code
Helen Hollick, Bring It Close
Helen Hollick, Ripples in the Sand
David Hoing, A Killing Snow
David Hoing, In the Blood
J.A. Ironside, An Argument of Blood
J.A. Ironside, A Black Matter for the King
Bruno Jambor, Wildfire in the Desert
M.J. Jones, The King's Corpse
Toni Bird Jones, The Measure of Ella
James Keffer, Brewer's Luck
James Keffer, Brewer's Revenge
James Keffer, Brewer's Debt
James Keffer, Brewer's Private War
James Keffer, The American Captain
James Keffer, Brewer and the Barbary Pirates
James Keffer, Brewer and the Portuguese Gold
James Keffer, Hornblower and the Journey Home
James Keffer, Brewer and The Black Rose
James Keffer, Hornblower and the Island
Sarah Kennedy, The Altarpiece
Sarah Kennedy, City of Ladies
Sarah Kennedy, The King's Sisters
Sarah Kennedy, Queen of Blood
Sarah Kennedy, Queen of Blood
Thomas Laird,Coldest Case
Thomas Laird,Malignant
Patrice LaPlante, Follies in Flanders
Marc Liebman, Cherubs 2
Marc Liebman, Big Mother 40
Rolbert leslie,Devil's Throat
Robert Leslie,Song of the Butterflies
Marc Liebman, Render Harmless
Marc Liebman, Forgotten
Marc Liebman, Inner Look
Marc Liebman, Moscow Airlift
Marc Liebman, Raider of the Scottish Coast
Marc Liebman, Carronade
Marc Liebman, Death of a Lady
Marc Liebman, The Simushir Island Incident
Benerson Little, Fortune's Whelp
Lynda Lippman Lockhart, The Laundry Room
Olivia Longueville, Between Two Kings
Olivia Longueville, The Queen's Revenge
Marie MacPherson, The First Blast of the Trumpet
Art McGrath,Emperor's American
Art McGrath,March to Destruction
Art McGrath,Battle of The Three Emperors
Mae McGraw, Bitter Medicine
Stephen McGarry, Napoleon's Blackguards
Charles Monagan, Carrie Welton
M. Howard Morgan. St Valentine's Fleet
M.Howard Morgan. The Glorious First
M.Howard Morgan. First Fleet
Steven M. Moore, Son of Thunder
Steven M. Moore, Rembrandt's Angel
Terry Mort,Wolfe & Montcalm
Marina Julia Neary, Saved By the Bang: A Nuclear Comedy
Marina Julia Neary, The Gate of Dawn
Roger Paine, Ships and Sealing Wax
Simon W. Pain. Duroc
Marleen Pasch, At the End of the Storm
Donald Michael Platt,Bitter Sweet Tastes of Revenge
Donald Michael Platt,Rocamora Rising
Donald Michael Platt, Close to the Sun
Donald Michael Platt, Rocamora
Donald Michael Platt, House of Rocamora
Donald Michal Platt, Bodo the Apostate
Donald Michael Platt, A Gathering of Vultures
Donald Michael Platt, The Sorceress and the Skull
Marshall Riggan, Sulu Sea
Mark A. Rimmer, The California Run
Mary Donnarumma Sharnick, Orla's Canvas
Mary Donnarumma Sharnick, Painting Mercy
Mary Donnarumma Sharnick, The Contessa's Easel
Mary Donnarumma Sharnick, En Plein Air
Todd Severin. Deadly Vision
Stephan A. Silva, Heaven Cries
Ron Singerton, Villa of Deceit
Ron Singerton, The Silk and The Sword
Ron Singerton, A Cherry Blossom in Winter
Ron Singerton, A Blossom in the Ashes
Ron Singerton, The Refused
Hale Michael Smith, Religion Reinterpreted
Steve Smith, Better to Die
Jim Stempel, Windmill Point
Jim Stempel, American Hannibal
D.E.Stockman,On Waves of Glory
Don Swaim,Whitman Days.Opium Nights
Amaya Tenshi, Dracula's Match
Amaya Tenshi, Dracula's Guest
Harold R. Thompson,The Gunner at The Academy
Harold R. Thompson,The Gunner on the March
Rod Vick.The Book of Unforgivable Sins
Rod Vick.The Book of Devils
Rod Vick, The Book of Invasions
D. C. Wales, The Prick
Margaret Walker, His Most Italian City
Margaret Walker, Through Forests and Mountains
Bob Walton. A Lamb Lies Down
Matthew Willis, An Argument of Blood
Matthew Willis, A Black Matter for the King
Alan Williams, All That Glisters
Bruce Woods, Royal Blood
Bruce Woods, Dragon Blood
Kim Wuescher,Bitter Medicine
Bruce Woods, American Blood