Seahawk Burning

Peffer paints a convincing portrait of the destruction and desperation felt on both sides and of the many small, heroic actions (or inactions) that might turn the tide of war. Semmes emerges as a bloodied and battered warrior of epic stature in a losing cause, a Hector yet to meet his Achilles. – Publishers Weekly on Seahawk Hunting, the second book in the Civil War at Sea trilogy

President Lincoln’s declared Public Enemy #1 and Confederate captain Raphael Semmes and his ship the C.S.S. Alabama are on the final legs of their reign of terror on the high seas.