Robert M Stoddart is an amateur historian, a member of the Royal Naval Reserve and the third generation of his family to serve in the Royal Navy. His first book, The Night Hunters, tells the true story of his grandfather’s war in Coastal Forces.

To follow on from it, Robert has created the Night Hunters Coastal Forces Mission Pack series. Each Mission Pack takes one real Coastal Forces operation from a year of the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945. Readers start with a top-secret mission dossier, then follow a fast-paced adventure story based closely on what really happened. They finish with a debrief on the real men, boats and events. Interactive activities and decision-making challenges put readers in the crew’s shoes, and each book shows clearly what is real, what is reconstructed and what is imagined.

Through Macklin Publishing, Robert writes real naval history for the next generation.