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Author
Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
#1 Amazon Bestselling Author Christine Kling does it again with WRECKERS' KEY!A taut, fast-paced thriller . . . Kling's prose is strong and authoritative."–The Miami HeraldFrom harbors of Key West to the wilds of Biscayne Bay to the night lights of Miami, Kling's tough-minded heroine has carved out a life that is uniquely her own. Now, in WRECKERS' KEY, the fourth book in the series, this fiercely independent woman is at a turning point . . . and...
Author
Series
Publisher
Walker and Co
Pub. Date
1985.
Language
English
Description
A sinking British ship, her crew and passengers-men and women alike-ruthlessly murdered at the hands of a French privateer. This is the nightmare Ramage and the crew of the Calypso stumble upon while engaged in a sweep for freebooters in the waters off Jamaica. Supported by his men in a thirst for righteous vengeance, Ramage sets sail to bring the murderers to justice.
83) Ghost eater
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
A riveting thriller, Ghost Eater marks the introduction of an intense new voice in seafaring adventure.
Moored in a wintry Asian harbor at the turn of the twentieth century, Captain Ulysses Vanders experiences a revelation. A ferryman brings a mysterious gift--a wine at once rare and familiar that brings the sailor back to a moment in Sumatra thirty years before. "I closed my eyes, remembering where I had last tasted this liquor, remembering back...
Author
Series
Publisher
Simon and Schuster
Pub. Date
[1973]
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant Lord Ramage, in command of the Triton brig, is escorting a convoy from Barbados to Jamaica, normally a routine and tedious chore. But this time Ramage has to be especially vigilant to guard the convoy's precious cargo-a family of important French refugees.
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Philosophers have said that we travel through our lives, past and present, surrounded by the same souls, that we spend each new life trying to mend the hurts we've done to one another in the past. In The Boundless Deep, Kate Brallier explores this idea in a combination of strong storytelling and gifted characterization.
Grad student Liza has long been plagued by vivid dreams of whaling. Offered the chance to trade her land-locked existence for a...
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
The lieutenant is summoned by the Admiralty and given command of the brig, Triton. But like the rest of the Navy, Triton's crew has mutinied. Sympathizing with some of their complaints, Ramage also knows that if he fails to deliver three sealed dispatches to admirals off Brest and Cadiz, and in the Caribbean, he will become a convenient scapegoat.
87) The Ramage touch
Author
Series
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
Post Captain Ramage is prowling the Tuscan coast and far from English aid when he encounters a daunting French invasion fleet. As the enemy gathers strength, Ramage must decide how to thwart its actions with only the frigate Calypso and a pair of bomb ketches.
89) A battle won
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Master and Commander Charles Hayden returns in the sequel to the international best-seller Under Enemy Colors. Winter, 1793-the Reign of Terror rips through revolutionary France. In Plymouth, England, Master and Commander Charles Hayden is given orders to return to the ill-fated HMS Themis as the British fight the French for control of the strategically located island of Corsica. But within hours out of port, Hayden's uncanny knack for attracting...
Author
Series
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Gracelin O'Malley arrives in 1850s San Francisco, the City of Gold, in the thrilling final novel of Ann Moore's acclaimed historical trilogy With her two children, Gracelin O'Malley travels to post–Gold Rush San Francisco to meet the sea captain who has proposed marriage to her. But when she arrives, he is nowhere to be found. Destitute in a city filled with gangs, disillusioned soldiers, and professional gamblers, Grace takes a position as a...
91) The secret duke
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Bella Barstowe is kidnapped and taken to a Dover tavern, she believes her life and virtue will be forfeit - until she's rescued by the notorious Captain Rose, a man who seems as dangerous to her as her original captors. Convinced her only option is to flee, she steals his horse and disappears into the night. Bella never expects to see Captain Rose again, but years later she learns the wicked truth behind her abduction ... (Bestseller)
Author
Publisher
Avon Impulse, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Sabine Noble has given little thought to her husband over the past five years. Theirs is a true marriage of convenience: she gained protection from her abusive uncle and the chance to live freely in London, while he gained the dowry necessary to make his business venture a success. But as she's investigating her uncle's nefarious deeds in hopes of gaining her revenge, she discovers the body of a half-dead man on a ship, only to realize the man is...
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain Publishing
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Based on the remarkable true story of the Carpathia--the only ship and her legendary captain who answered the distress call of the sinking Titanic. Just after midnight on April 15, 1912, the passenger steamship Carpathia receives a distress signal from the largest passenger liner ever built, RMS Titanic, which is on its maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York. Captain Arthur Rostron is awakened to an enormous maritime emergency with...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Chloe Neill's bold, seafaring heroine Captain Kit Brightling sets sail for the high seas and high sorcery in this swashbuckling fantasy series. Captain Kit Brightling is Aligned to the magic of the sea, which makes her an invaluable asset to the Saxon Isles and its monarch, Queen Charlotte. The Isles and its allies will need every advantage they can get: Gerard Rousseau, the former Gallic emperor and scourge of the Continent, has escaped his island...
Author
Series
Publisher
McBooks Press
Pub. Date
Distributed to the trade by Nationa Book Network,
Language
English
Description
Ramage hopes to enjoy a well-deserved leave when he receives new orders: commission and take command of the Dido-a massive 74-gun ship, that carries enough weight of metal to destroy a frigate in a single broadside, or sweep a ship's decks clear of men. Accompanied by the courageous crew of the Calypso, Ramage ventures to sea once again-bound for the West Indies where he faces the challenge of commanding this massive weapon of war.
97) Ramage's signal
Author
Series
Publisher
Walker
Pub. Date
1984.
Language
English
Description
The Calypso and her captain, Lord Nicholas Ramage, venture further into the French-dominated waters of the Mediterranean on an Admiralty mission to sink, burn, and destroy. Aiming to confuse and distract the enemy, Ramage and his men find themselves isolated and outnumbered as they take on the might of Napoleon's fleet.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1977.
Language
English
Description
With a ship to call his own at last, Royal Navy Lieutenant St Vincent Halfhyde sails for the Dardanelles in command of the little torpedo-boat Vendetta, part of a flotilla sent to rescue a Britsih sailing-ship unlawfully detained by the Russians. Unfortunately, Halfhyde's first command comes complete with a pompous flotilla captain in love with his own voice, and the looming threat of the irascible Admiral Prince Gorsinski. Cutting out the sailing-ship...
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