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Setting out from New Bedford in 1878, the crew of the Esther is confident the sea will be theirs: in addition to cruising the Pacific for whale, they intend to hunt the teeming northern grounds before the ice closes. But as they sail to their final destination in the Chukchi Sea, where their captain Arnold Lovejoy has an urgent directive of his own to attend to, their encounters with the natural world become more brutal, harrowing, ghostly, and strange.

Dans le fracas d’un coup de vent d’équinoxe, un ballon emporté au-dessus du Pacifique descend, lest jeté par-dessus bord, jusqu’à frôler les vagues. Naufragés de l’air, ses passagers—dont un certain Cyrus—sont précipités vers l’inconnu. Sur une île que nul atlas ne nomme, il faut tout réinventer. Ingéniosité, entraide et courage deviennent lois de survie, tandis que la nature, à la fois généreuse et menaçante, impose ses règles. Et bientôt, au cœur de ce monde neuf, les questions se multiplient: que cache cette terre, jusqu’où mèneront leurs explorations?

New York, 1850. Two clipper ships depart on a race around Cape Horn to the boomtown of San Francisco, where the first to arrive will gain the largest profits and also win a $50,000 wager for her owner.

Parti de Bordeaux vers Montevideo et Buenos Aires, l’Eldorado emporte, dans ses flancs d’acier, un monde en réduction: ambitieux en quête d’or, exilés en mal d’oubli, innocents happés par la promesse d’une rive neuve. Sur le pont, confidences et mensonges se frôlent; dans les cabines, les cœurs se nouent, l’orgueil se cabre, la faim d’avenir allume des feux dangereux. Entre houles et escales, la mer éprouve les âmes autant que les corps, et chaque regard devient pari, chaque rencontre, détour du destin.

Darby Jones thought she was only returning to her grandparents’ home in Stonington, Maine, for quiet nights and a life spent editing other people’s stories. But when her recurring nightmares spill into waking life, the tide begins to shift. A phantom ship drifts through the fog. A raven delivers a relic that shouldn’t exist. And soon Darby is pulled into the spiral of a sea where cursed men wander and sirens sing for lost souls.

2086. Die Erde ist vergiftet, die Menschheit nahezu ausgelöscht. Nur eine künstlich erschaffene Stadt am Äquator bietet den letzten Überlebenden Schutz unter einer riesigen Kuppel: die City of Seasons.

Under the seas there is a captain. He is feared by his enemies and tolerated by his friends. His name is Wolfgang Tiberus Howle. A feirce sailor and werewolf aboard the SS Moon beam. A powerful submarine built by the Gods in Atlantis. Come along as he and his motley crew of misfits try to save the world from evil wizards, insane gods and the evils of soap operas.

It’s been years since Ellie fished the Alaskan coastline—not since her mother died. But when she finds her father beat up behind the local bar, she learns he’s done the unforgivable: gambled away the family’s commercial fishing boat—her five-year-old son’s inheritance and the life she longs to reclaim. For nefarious reasons of his own, the bookie gives them one season to earn the money to buy it back.

*Shortlisted for the Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award 2019!* When Lottie’s Gran dies she leaves one last request; save Greenley Theatre. Faced with a decaying building, a mayor who most definitely isn’t on board with the project and a group of actors who just can’t get along, Lottie...

This is a spin-off story to Bloodlines and Black Flags. This is a collection of stories and perspectives from more minor characters in Diego's crew from Bloodlines and Black Flags.

Lucas, Grace, and Irene—newly wealthy from their past exploits—set sail for Tampa to chase a fresh legend: the sunken Spanish galleon Santa Reina, said to hold over $50 million in lost gold and jewels. With their custom salvage yacht, diving gear, and a new instructor named Skye, the team thinks they’re prepared for anything. They’re wrong.

Stolen from her ship as a child, Elizabeth Langley is forced to watch her mother’s enslavement and torture at the hands of the notorious Blade the Barbarian. Months pass without the reward promised by her grandfather, forcing Elizabeth to grow into a bitter, hate-filled child. This frightened little girl easily wins the hearts and loyalty of a ruthless crew of cutthroats. Years of hiding and training in secret, the child grew into a pirate as heartless and merciless as any man aboard the ship. Elizabeth vows her revenge on the man who condemned her to the life of a savage.

Experience a shipwrecked sailor’s disintegration into ‘a naked madman on a rock’ by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, introduced by Marlon James A Penguin Classic Glistening limpets. Lobster claws. Wild tangles of seaweed. Slowly, his eyes open. Everywhere, there...

The year 1792. With French revolutionary agents traveling freely but secretly between Ireland and England and war with France inevitable, the English government of Mr. Pitt is desperately anxious to uncover any plots between Irish rebels and the French. Lieutenant James Merriman with his ship, the sloop Aphrodite, is ordered to the Irish Sea to assist the principal treasury agent Mr. Grahame in this work. Merriman is plunged headlong into the world of espionage, and when Grahame is seriously wounded, it falls to Merriman to carry on the investigation.

John Seton, ein gealterter britischer Seemann, jagt Seeungeheuer. Als er den Auftrag eines exklusiven Yachtclubs in Südostasien annimmt, rechnet er nicht mit Problemen. Immerhin ist es nur eine Bestie. Aber schnell müssen John und seine Crew feststellen, dass sie in großen Schwierigkeiten stecken. Ein uralter Schrecken der Tiefe ist wiedererwacht - und auf Rache aus.

She was known for what she lost She lived by the courage she found "Find Polaris" When the SS Titanic set sail, Captain Edward John Smith became a legend – and when tragedy struck he was a hero to some, reckless to others. But in the shadow of his infamy stood his daughter, left behind on the...

Abandoned to die beside the body of her murdered husband on a remote tropical island, a young woman survives only by her faith in God — while still haunted by the memory of her attackers' faces. When British Naval Captain Jonathan Gresham discovers her, she is too traumatized to speak and unable to recall her own name. Determined to protect her, Gresham must outwit his superiors, evade an admiral intent on locking her away in an asylum, and stay ahead of the murderers who will stop at nothing to silence her forever.

Katherine Howell’s life takes a mysterious turn as she navigates the dangerous waters of espionage and betrayal. Living on a yacht for two years, she becomes a target for the CIA. As she sets out on a journey from Corsica to the U.S., she senses a looming threat. How can she endure the events that led a simple young woman from East Texas into this perilous situation, including the death of her grandmother, the loss of her child, and the reported death of her husband in Vietnam?

Leonie reist mitten im tiefsten Winter nach Norwegen – nur bewaffnet mit einer kleinen Holzfigur, jeder Menge Mut und der Erinnerung an eine magische Nacht in Nürnberg. Vor einem Jahr begegnete sie dort jemandem, den sie einfach nicht vergessen kann. Während sie zusammen mit ihrem treuen Vierbeiner Finn durch die verschneiten Landschaften reist, wird jeder Kilometer zu einem kleinen Abenteuer. Die Fjorde funkeln im Winterlicht, das Polarlicht tanzt am Himmel – und irgendwo da draußen wartet vielleicht ein Weihnachtswunder.

Die Künstlerin Finja Harms lebt bereits seit ihrer Geburt auf der grünen Nordseeinsel Spiekeroog. Lukas ist nur unfreiwillig als Vertretung auf der Insel und wünscht sich nichts sehnlicher, als endlich zu seinem normalen Leben zurückkehren zu können. Zuerst kann er mit Finjas freiherziger Art nicht viel anfangen, doch schon bald fasziniert sie ihn immer mehr. Unerwartet erhält Lukas doch noch die Möglichkeit, nach Hause und zu seinem alten Job zurückzukehren. Kann er Finja und die Insel verlassen?