No Quarter (The Devil and the Dark Book 9)

No surrender. No mercy. No quarter.Silas Hunt’s promotion to first officer wasn’t what he’d expected—rushed through by newly minted captain Foster Price, one-time enemy and long-time friend, to save Silas from the court martial that awaits him back on the Level. Their mission, at least sounds simple: running escort on a convoy of merchant ships. But the captain of the lead merchant ship is belligerent, and their fellow naval captain warns them the man’s loyalty might go to the highest bidder. And deep in enemy territory and with only two naval ships as protection, Silas knows damn well how badly this could go.Commodore Hollis Ives is well aware that after her promotion, the Admiralty, Parliament, and God knows who else is desperate to use her for their own ends. And if her first assignment as commodore—bring down a Settic blockade that’s held for months, despite all efforts to dislodge it—wasn’t difficult enough, she’s assigned a new first officer who has political connections and seems to hate Hollis personally. Between her promotion, her mission, and her hostile second mate, Hollis is walking a political tightrope where a misstep in any direction will mean death—her’s, or someone she loves. Back on the Level, Mad Dog Gracie Madox has finally won her hard-fought promotion to admiral in the navy she’s sworn to destroy. But Admiral of the Fleet Judith Usher has seen the danger, and is determined to keep Mad Dog under her control. If Gracie wants to keep her crew alive and Silas from the executioner’s noose, the bodies she’s stepped over to get to her promotion can only be the beginning…Treasure Island meets Master and Commander with a science-fiction twist and a diverse cast in R.M. Olson’s thrilling series, The Devil and the Dark. Read more