News
22 October 2025
I am excited to announce that my second book — The Africa Ship: Ludwig Bockholt, Zeppelin L 59, and the Most Daring Rescue Mission of WWI — now has a release date of 28 April 2026 and is currently available for pre-order at your favorite bookstore (anywhere in the world!). For those that explore this site beyond the home page, you may have noticed it’s already been added to my Publications. By visiting that page, you’ll find advance reviews for the book, as well as some quick links to Amazon, B&N, and Schiffer. If you don’t already follow my Instagram pages (@u_boat_history and @the_zeppelin_war), please do so as I will be announcing some very exciting giveaways soon.
5 October 2025
I made another Substack post, this time a bit of a teaser for the contents of my next book. You can find the post by clicking the image below.
23 August 2025
Last month I did a talk with the Middletown Township Historical Society. A total of 104 people showed up/logged in for the event and, as usual, it was a pleasure hearing audience members’ personal stories after the event. A link to the recorded presentation can be found HERE.
That event should probably be the last U-boat talk for this year as I’m going to have to start ramping up events for my next book. Earlier this week my editor sent me the 1st version of the copy-edited book, along with the cover layout and photo inserts. It looks fantastic and I can’t wait to share more news with everyone on here when I can. Currently, the book is projected to release in April/May of 2026.
In the meantime, I created a Substack account and will be posting various articles of interest. The first one deals with the myth regarding a British Q-ship sinking SM U-88 and in turn, avenging the sinking of the Lusitania, but there will be more - particularly regarding research I’m doing for my third book. You can click on the image below to access it. Currently, the account is free (and I hope to keep it that way), but we’ll see how it goes.
