Tento autor čerpá svoju literárnu inšpiráciu z hlbokej fascinácie históriou a dobrodružstvom, ktorá sa prejavila už v detstve. Jeho diela sa často odohrávajú v dramatických historických obdobiach, ako je Vek objavov alebo alžbetínska éra, a rozprávajú príbehy o cestách a skúmaní. Autor sa sústredí na detailné vykreslenie prostredia a atmosféry, aby čitateľa vtiahol do napínavých zápletiek. Jeho štýl je charakterizovaný zmyslom pre epickú šírku a pútavým rozprávaním, ktoré odráža jeho vlastnú vášeň pre objavovanie a minulosť.
Emme Fifield has fallen about as far as a gentlewoman can. Emme joins Kit Doonan's rag-tag band of idealists, desperados and misfits bound for Virginia. But such a trip will be far from easy and Emme finds her attraction to the mysterious Doonan inconvenient to say the least...
Mistress Cooksley may be a wealthy merchant's daughter, but she blushes at my words and meets my eyes look for look. Yet I cannot hope to court her without fortune, and a dalliance with a pretty maid will not hinder me from my path. Captain Drake's endeavour might bring me gold, but I, Will Doonan, will have my revenge. The Spaniards captured my brother and have likely tortured and killed him. For God and St George, we'll strike at the dogs and see justice done. I thought I'd left Mistress Cooksley behind to gamble everything and follow Drake, and here she is playing the boy at the ends of the world. She's a fool with a heart as brave as any man's. Yet her presence here could be the ruin of us all...