Four action-packed thrillers from the author of The Wreck of the Mary
Deareand “Great Britain’s leading adventure novelist” (Financial
Times). British novelist Hammond Innes was perhaps best known for
his nautical mystery, The Wreck of the Mary Deare, which was made into
a film starring Gary Cooper and Charlton Heston. But the prolific
writer, World War II veteran, and dedicated yachtsman wrote over
thirty novels of adventure and suspense during his long career. The
collected fiction here spans the globe—from Antarctica to the
Hebrides, Cold War Germany to sun-soaked Greece. As always, “for
sheer excitement Hammond Innes will be hard to beat” (Daphne du
Maurier). Isvik: Isvik is a legend—a ghost ship that sits on the
lip of Antarctica, two hundred years old at least, swallowed by the
ice with severed masts and helmsman frozen to the wheel. Or so a
glaciologist reported before his plane crashed on the ice shelf. Now,
wealthy Scotsman Iain Ward is determined to find the frozen
frigate—and he’s bringing along Peter Kettil, a wood preservation
specialist and seasoned sailor himself. But Ward and Kettil are not
the only ones willing to go to any lengths to discover the ship’s
secrets . . . “[A] dramatic adventure that will keep readers
guessing until its startling climax.” —Publishers Weekly Air
Bridge: After his heroic service in World War II, pilot and aircraft
engineer Neil Fraser must steal planes in order to make a living,
flying them from England to the land that will soon become Israel. But
when he’s caught by a ruthless tycoon, he’s forced to build the
wealthy man a new aircraft engine. With dreams of conquering the sky,
Bill Saeton wants Fraser to fly the plane over a divided Germany as
part of the Berlin Airlift. But as Saeton’s ambition becomes a
dangerous obsession, Fraser begins to look for a way to bail out.
“Authentic and excellent . . . His plot, characters and suspense
live up to the setting.” —San Francisco Chronicle Atlantic
Fury: When a British army unit is ordered to evacuate from the remote,
rocky island of Laerg in the Hebrides during a violent storm, it’s
up to a pair of reunited brothers to save the group of soldiers—and
each other. “Nothing short of superb.” —The New York Times
Levkas Man: When his parents died, Paul was sent to Amsterdam to live
with his mother’s old lover, the eccentric archaeologist Pieter Van
der Voort, who was obsessed with the origins of man. After eight years
at sea, Paul discovers Van der Voort is in Greece on an archaeological
expedition that’s spiraling out of control. To reach Greece, Paul
takes a job working for a smuggler, embarking on a journey that will
carry him across the globe—and into the blackest depths of man’s
most primal instinct. “Quick-action adventure—a particularly
interesting background.” —The Daily Telegraph
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Isvik, Air Bridge, Atlantic Fury, and Levkas Man
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781504054980
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Independent Publishers Group (Chicago Review Press)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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