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The White Squadron

The White Squadron

Bailey, John

Paperback

Series: Historical Fiction

Mystery & Thriller

ISBN13: 9798187892778
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 18 2026
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.49 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
America's New Navy is about to fight its first intelligence war.

1889. The United States has emerged from decades of naval decline with a squadron of gleaming steel warships unlike anything the nation has ever possessed. As the White Squadron embarks on a celebrated diplomatic cruise through Europe and South America, newspapers hail it as the birth of a new American navy.

But someone intends to ensure the voyage ends in catastrophe.

Lieutenant Nathaniel Ashford receives secret orders from the newly created Office of Naval Intelligence. Officially, he is another officer aboard USS Chicago. Unofficially, he is hunting an invisible enemy.

Strange accidents. Missing signal books. Dead sailors. Coded telegrams. Foreign agents who seem to appear in every port.

What begins as a search for a spy becomes the discovery of a conspiracy stretching across Europe and the Americas. Revolutionaries, anarchists, political extremists, and professional saboteurs are preparing an act of terrorism that could plunge South America into chaos and ignite an international crisis.

As the White Squadron races toward Rio de Janeiro, Ashford must uncover the traitor aboard his own ship before thousands die-and before the United States loses more than its newest fleet.

Rich in authentic naval history, real warships, and nineteenth-century espionage, The White Squadron combines historical accuracy with page-turning suspense in the tradition of Patrick O'Brian, C. S. Forester, W. E. B. Griffin, and Tom Clancy's intelligence thrillers.

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