Sea Lord (Killer's Wake)
- Published
- 1 January 1989
- Pages
- 510
- ISBN-13
- 9780947008598
- Type
- novel
About this book
Sea Lord -- published in the US as Killer's Wake -- centers on a disgraced sailor drawn into a Cornish smuggling conspiracy. At 510 pages, it's the longest of the five Sailing Thrillers, arriving in 1989.
Key facts about Sea Lord (Killer's Wake)
Bernard Cornwell wrote Sea Lord (Killer's Wake), a novel on our list. It has been out since 1989. The book has 510 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780947008598 to find the main one.
Sea Lord (Killer's Wake) is book 2 of 5 in The Sailing Thrillers series. The series has 5 published books. However, the series starts with Wildtrack (1988).
Additionally, Bernard Cornwell writes Sharpe, The Crowning Mercy Trilogy and The Starbuck Chronicles, plus 3 more series. Those series sit on our historical fiction, thriller and historical fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Sharpe's Storm is the latest published Bernard Cornwell book on file, from 21 October 2025.
About Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell is a British author of historical adventure fiction, best known for immersing readers in the physical detail and moral complexity of pre-modern warfare. His breakout Sharpe series follows Richard Sharpe, a low-born British soldier rising through the ranks during the Napoleonic Wars, and became a household name in Britain thanks to the long-running ITV adaptation starring Sean Bean. See every Bernard Cornwell book in order.
Its place in The Sailing Thrillers
Sea Lord (Killer's Wake) is book 2 in the The Sailing Thrillers series. It follows Wildtrack. It is followed by Crackdown. See the full The Sailing Thrillers reading order.
Before Bernard Cornwell became synonymous with Napoleonic-era and Dark Age historical fiction, he wrote five contemporary thrillers built around his own lifelong passion for sailing. Each novel is a self-contained story with a different protagonist, but together they share a template: ordinary people — sailors, ex-soldiers, journalists — pulled into smuggling rings, fraud, political conspiracy, or violent revenge plots that play out largely on and around small boats, English coastal waters, and the sailing world…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780947008598