Novel.09.Hungry.as.the.Sea.1978
β Scribed by Smith, Wilbur
- Book ID
- 108416915
- Publisher
- Pan
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 268 KB
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
Wilbur Smith sets his vividly realistic novels on the razor's edge between human courage and nature's wrath. In Hungry as the Sea , this master storyteller takes us to the frigid South Atlantic, where one man fights for his life-- and for redemption.
Nicholas Berg is on a daring rescue mission. One of his former ships is being lashed against the cliffs of Cape Alarm and is surrounded surrounded by survivors clinging to their boats. Berg has gambled everything on reaching the Golden Adventurer before a competitor and a violent storm to win a fortune in salvage fees. If he succeeds, however, the real danger will only just begin . . ..
From the power of a relentless ocean to the hunger of men to survive upon her, this is a towering novel of adventure, love and the daring of the human soul.
Review
"One of the world's most popular and prolific adventure writers."--"The Washington Post"
"Smith joins the ranks as one of the grand masters of twentieth-century novels."--"Tulsa World"
"A captivating storyteller."--"Orlando Sentinel"
Review
"One of the world's most popular and prolific adventure writers."--*The Washington Post
"A captivating storyteller."-- Orlando Sentinel
"Smith is a master." -- *Publishers Weekly
"A rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship." --Tulsa World
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Praise for Wilbur Smith
_βSmith is a master.β *βPublishers Weekly
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_βOne of the worldβs most popular adventure writers.β βThe Washington Post Book World
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βA rare author who wields a razor-sharp sword of craftsmanship.β βTulsa World*
_βWilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared.β βThe Times (UK)
"Best Historical Novelist--I say Wilbur Smith, with his swashbuckling novels of Africa. The bodices of rip and the blood flows. You can get lost in Wilbur Smith and misplace all of August."--Stephen King
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"Action is Wilur Smith's game, and he is a master."--The Washington Post Book World
βThe worldβs leading adventure writer.β βDaily Express (UK)
"Wilbur Smith rarely misses a trick."--Sunday Times
βSmith is a captivating storyteller.β βThe Orlando Sentinel
_βNo one does adventure quite like Smith.β β Daily Mirror(UK)
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"A thundering goodβ read is virtually the only way of describing Wilbur Smithβs books.β β The Irish Times
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Wilbur Smith sets his vividly realistic novels on the razor's edge between human courage and nature's wrath. In *Hungry as the Sea*, this master storyteller takes us to the frigid South Atlantic, where one man fights for his life-- and for redemption. Nicholas Berg is on a daring rescue mission