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Courage of the Commonwealth

She survived the cold embrace of the void. Now, she must face the fires of total war.

Captain Perseverance Andrews is lucky to be alive. After a brush with death that left her in a medpod for weeks, she is back on the bridge and more determined than ever. But the Inter-Planetary Commonwealth she serves is at a breaking point.

Given command of the cutting-edge HMS Raleigh, Perseverance finds herself on the front lines of a shifting conflict. The mission is simple but deadly: hunt down the pirates preying on vital shipping lanes and prepare for the storm that is coming.

In a galaxy where one tactical error means total annihilation, Perseverance will prove that the enemy might have more ships, but they don’t have her courage.

New And Upcoming

Courage of the Commonwealth Commander Andrews Book 2 February 24, 2026
Resolve of the Commonwealth Commander Andrews Book 3 March 24, 2026
Pike’s Potential Lieutenant Commander Pike Book 1 April 7, 2026

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FitzDuncan’s Peril

Caz and Fenwick have faced evil before. They’ll just dance right in and eliminate it, right?

The Dark Lord threatens to control the southern continent. Will Caz and Fenwick be strong enough to stop this, or die trying? The latest entry in the award-winning FitzDuncan series begins as Fenwick and Caz answer the plea for assistance from the southern continent. They leave behind their pregnant wives and set sail in the teeth of dangerous winter weather with the men of Aquileia’s Castle Shield. When they arrive, they learn that a dark mage has enslaved an entire country. An army of thralls is advancing steadily.

Before they can join battle, mystical instructions divert Fenwick and Caz on a dangerous journey through hostile territory. Waiting for them is a powerful religious artifact, but also a command that they alone must go alone to eliminate the dark mage who is directing the expanding shadow of evil. Caz finds himself in the fight of his life—a contest he is losing until help arrives from an unexpected ally. Thus begins FitzDuncan’s Peril, but before the book concludes, a new narrator must take up the story.

Is this the end for Caz and Fenwick? Do they succeed in eliminating evil, or open a portal for it to spread throughout the world?

About John Spearman

John Spearman (Jake to his friends and colleagues) is a Latin teacher and coach at a prestigious New England boarding school. The proud father of four boys, he lives with his wife (and five dogs) in coastal Maine when school is not in session. Rawlins’ Redemption is his twentieth book.