In Harry Heron: Midshipman's Journey, the flagship book of the Harry Heron Series, Patrick G. Cox weaves an exciting and authentic tale of a young midshipman in the British Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. Henry (Harry) Nelson-Heron, born in 1789 during the Irish Rebellion, overcomes prejudice against the Irish and the hazards of an active and inquisitive youth to realize his dream of being an officer in the British Royal Navy. When he and his best friend Ferghal O'Connor make the treacherous journey to London determined to find a ship, fate smiles on them. Harry is appointed a midshipman on the HMS Bellerophon, and Ferghal joins on as a seaman. Exploration, diplomacy, and sea battles with the French challenge their skills and take Harry and Fergal across the seas to the Far East, to Africa, and beyond the limits of their imagination.

Author Biography

Born in Cape Town and educated at Selborne College in East London, South Africa, Patrick G. Cox is a published technical author and lecturer, and a retired firefighter after thirty-six years of soot, heat, blood, sweat, and laughter. He is a Licensed Minister in the Church of England and has three adult children and three grandchildren of whom he is enormously proud. Cox is the author of A Baltic Affair, Limehouse Boys, Magnus Patricius, and the Harry Heron Series, a collection of books centered on a trio of shipmates plucked from the HMS Spartan during the Napoleonic Wars and thrust into an unknown future. JaJanet Angelo is the founder and publisher of IndieGo Publishing, a hybrid-indie publishing company she formed in 2011 to help independent authors achieve their publishing goals and dreams. She has been a freelance book editor since 2005 and has several repeat clients, and enjoys working in collaboration with her authors to publish top-quality books with the highest standards of excellence.