The Adventures of Jonathan Moore | Book 3

Paladin’s War

PALADIN’S WAR Jonathan Moore, Sean Flagon, and adventurer Delain Dowdeswell enjoy the company of family and friends during a delicate peace between France and England. However, mysterious spy networks freely roam Europe’s great cities, and all nations remain on the edge of war. Jonathan is assigned to HMS Paladin, commanded by his mentor Lieutenant Thomas Harrison. Their mission: deliver an important treaty to a clandestine location. Meanwhile, Delain remains in London, bored with endless tea parties and tedious school lessons, until she encounters a shadowy black rider sneaking about the mansions of London’s elite. Suspecting foul play, she investigates and enters a web of secret meetings, spies, and kidnappings. Delain’s investigation soon turns deadly as she discovers all clues lead to the Paladin, and her friends, who are in grave danger. At sea, the boys are pursued by their sister ship HMS Echo, though she avoids all direct contact. A sabotaged gun, a mistrusted crew, and a vicious assault on their ship by a well-armed band have the crew of the Paladin anxious. Led to waters far from home, the boys fight for their lives against a rogue Russian commodore with a war plan of his own. Can Johnathan solve these mysteries, defeat his powerful enemies in the Black Sea – and survive the Paladin’s War?