time-travel adventure novel, Nick of Time, was published in a new hardcover illustrated edition by St. Martin's Press in May 2008. It features Nick McIver, along with Lord Richard Hawke, Archibald "Gunner" Steele, Kate McIver (Nick's younger sister), Commander Hobbes (Lord Hawke's colleague, a brilliant weapons designer), the murderous pirate captain Billy Blood, and his cohort Snake Eye. It debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children at #4. The sequel to Nick of Time was published in hardcover by St. Martin's Press in 2010. Entitled The Time Pirate, it deals with the Nazi invasion of the Channel Islands and Nick McIver's role in George Washington's victory over Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781. It debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list for Children at #6. In January 2019, Bell and Jonathan Adler of Adler Films formed El Dorado Entertainment, a feature film and television production company based in New York. In July 2019, Bell signed a two-book deal with Random House. Bell lived and worked in Greenwich, Connecticut. He died in Hartford of an intercerebral hemorrhage on January 20, 2023, at the age of 76. Bibliography Alexander Hawke series Books Hawke (2003) Assassin (2004) Pirate (2005) Spy (2006) Tsar (2008) Warlord (2010) Phantom (2012) Warriors (2014) Patriot (2015) Overkill (2018) Dragonfire (2020) Sea Hawke (2021) Short stories "The Powder Monkey" (2006) "Crash Dive" (2011) "What Comes Around" (Working Title was "Rogue") (2014) Nick McIver time travel adventures (Ages 10 & up) Nick of Time (2008) The Time Pirate'' (2010) Blackford Blaine short stories "The Pirate of Palm Beach" "The Widow's Walk" References External links Official Site 1946 births 2023 deaths 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American copywriters Deaths from intracranial haemorrhage People from North Haven, Maine Randolph–Macon College alumni Writers from Greenwich, Connecticut Writers from San Francisco