The giant supertanker Prometheus sits at anchor in the Persian Gulf, holding 250,000 tons of crude oil. Somewhere on board is a crew member who is determined that the ship not make it to its destination in Europe. As the ship travels through the...
Dezember 1773: Nach vierzehn strapaziösen Monaten auf See an Bord der Gorgon kehrt Midshipman Richard Bolitho zurück nach England. Während das Linienschiff in Plymouth im Dock zur dringend notwendigen Überholung liegt, will er Weihnachten bei...
Sea stories of American writers.
"Mr. French has assembled from late and early American days and from a various crew: he gives us the worried Pilgrims praying the gale to end, and he gives us the hard driving Gloucester fishermen praying it to...
As Tom Dudley took his turn on watch, he looked with horror on the bodies of his crew.
Their ribs and hip bones were already showing through their wasting flesh. There were angry, ulcerating sores on their elbows, knees and feet, their lips were...
That thing is growing again. We must destroy it. The time to act is now...
With these words begin Gideon Crew's latest, most dangerous, most high-stakes assignment yet. Failure will mean nothing short of the end of humankind on earth.
Five...