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 giftβa wine at once rare and familiar tha
Ghost Eater
β Scribed by Frederick Highland
- Book ID
- 115229072
- Publisher
- St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 509 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781429975421
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β¦ Synopsis
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 giftβa 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 across the years, remembering how steady the hand had been that held out the cup to me, and how desperate the circumstances. With a stab, her face rose before meβbeautiful, tantalizing, terrible to behold."
This haunting memory leads the sailor back to his first command and a desperate river journey to rescue missionaries along a remote jungle river. Captain of an aging steamboat, Vanders soon finds himself burdened with a set of unexpected, mysterious passengers, each traveling to the mission outpost known as "Light of the...
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