The assassin's honor : a novel of Cmdr. Peter Wake, Office of Naval Intelligence, USN

It's December 1892. All is well for Commander Peter Wake of the United States Navy. He has a new warship in the Caribbean and the love of a fascinating lady. But when he is summoned to Key West to decipher a coded message, he discovers an assassination will occur in eight days. Ordered to prevent it, Wake embarks on a journey leading him back into the sordid world of espionage he thought he'd left behind. German warships in Mexico, Cuban spies in Key West, and Spanish counter-intelligence agents in Tampa are all in the web he uncovers. Time is running out as history hangs in the balance ..... This novel was inspired by true events. Commander Peter Wake, U.S.N., is finally happy. In command of a newly commissioned light cruiser in the Caribbean, he is back at sea where all real sailors belong. All his years of espionage in the more sordid corners of the world are over. Ashore, he has the sincere love of a beautiful, fascinating, exotic woman. After years as a lonely widower, he is considering marriage. Everything changes when a man is found murdered aboard a steamer at Key West. Summoned to investigate, Wake uses his naval intelligence skills to decipher the strange clues left behind and discovers an important man will be assassinated by a foreign team of killers in eight days. But who, where, and why? The clues lead him on a desperate voyage to save the man and stop a war. Germans in Mexico, Cuban rebels in Key West, and Spanish counter-intelligence agents in Tampa, are all part of the equation he must solve. But nothing is as it seems, and when Wake finally learns the truth, the victim is much closer than he thought--and the consequences of failure are much larger. How far will Peter Wake go to save a life and change history? War hangs in the balance. Time is running out