Silver's Phoney War
(2026)(The first book in the Oscar Silver WWII Naval Adventure series)
A novel by Carlo Gibbs
A new Second World War naval adventure awaits! For fans of Dewey Lambdin, Patrick O’Brian, Nicholas Monsarrat, C. S. Forester and Max Hennessy.
A young recruit is thrown into the deep end…
1940
With Britain’s war effort gathering pace, Oscar Silver has received his conscription orders.
He is immediately required to report for Royal Navy training at HMS Raleigh on the coast of Cornwall.
Oscar is immediately thrown into a relentless and gruelling regime, which tests him to his physical and mental limits.
And things only intensify when he is called up to join the crew of the impressive heavy cruiser, HMS Norfolk.
Norfolk is providing support to the Atlantic convoys that are being mercilessly haunted by the stealthy menace of the Nazi U-Boats.
And while Oscar tries his best to get to grips with life onboard a giant vessel in the seemingly endless sea, the enemy is lurking just around the corner…
Will Oscar and his fellow recruits survive their first adventure at sea?
Or will the ruthless German U-Boats overpower the British cruiser…?
SILVER’S PHONEY WAR is the first book in the Oscar Silver WWII Naval Adventures series: action-packed, authentic historical adventures set during the Second World War.
THE OSCAR SILVER WWII NAVAL ADVENTURES SERIES:
Book One: Silver’s Phoney War
Genre: Thriller
A young recruit is thrown into the deep end…
1940
With Britain’s war effort gathering pace, Oscar Silver has received his conscription orders.
He is immediately required to report for Royal Navy training at HMS Raleigh on the coast of Cornwall.
Oscar is immediately thrown into a relentless and gruelling regime, which tests him to his physical and mental limits.
And things only intensify when he is called up to join the crew of the impressive heavy cruiser, HMS Norfolk.
Norfolk is providing support to the Atlantic convoys that are being mercilessly haunted by the stealthy menace of the Nazi U-Boats.
And while Oscar tries his best to get to grips with life onboard a giant vessel in the seemingly endless sea, the enemy is lurking just around the corner…
Will Oscar and his fellow recruits survive their first adventure at sea?
Or will the ruthless German U-Boats overpower the British cruiser…?
SILVER’S PHONEY WAR is the first book in the Oscar Silver WWII Naval Adventures series: action-packed, authentic historical adventures set during the Second World War.
THE OSCAR SILVER WWII NAVAL ADVENTURES SERIES:
Book One: Silver’s Phoney War
Genre: Thriller