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A New Captain's First Patrol Turns into a Fight for their Lives!Young Coast Guard Lieutenant Haley Reardon has not even gotten her feet on the ground on her new patrol boat command when she finds herself and her crew supporting a dangerous covert mission...

A creative historical fiction novel from New England's famous Gloucester Harbor.* * *Hostilities between the United States and England did not end with the Revolutionary War. For a century following, England and Canada took opportunities...

"Kevin Fife," his teacher started. "To look at you, you wouldn't think butter would melt in your mouth. You look much younger than you are, freckles and glasses. A cheeky little boy face. But for all that, you are always getting into trouble. Always up...

1941: the second year of the Blitzkreig. While occupied Europe writes beneath the Nazi jackboot, Hitler’s U-boats dominate the Atlantic trade routes. Kapitanleutnant Konrad Bergman, commander of the UB-44, already responsible for the destruction of...

Greek myths held that Oceanus to be a massive river surrounding the land. A Titan, son of sky and earth, he was depicted as a handsome, muscular man whose torso ended in a scaled tail. As the Olympians emerged, Oceanus retreated, his domain restricted to...

This story begins in Boca Grande, Florida at Uncle Henry's Marina where Pete is trying to teach a Spanish looking gentleman to sail. During the last day of sailing, Captain Pete is hijacked and forced to sail to Merida, Mexico. The story follows the...

""Margaret and Elizabeth: A Story of the Sea"" is a novel written by Katherine Saunders and published in 1873. The story revolves around two sisters, Margaret and Elizabeth, who are orphaned and left to fend for themselves in the world. They are taken in...

 Embark on a thrilling adventure with Voyage of the Sea Dragon, Into the Dream World, a gripping science fiction tale that takes you to the depths of the ocean and beyond. Reconstructed from the remains of a retired LA nuclear submarine, the SSRN...

It is the summer of 1853 and Commander James Rutherford leaves Calcutta once more to renew his campaign against organised Oriental piracy. The principal pirate leader Liang Ziu is dead, but Rutherford obtains intelligence that his criminal organisation...

Irish sea captain Johnny O'Scanlon hates the idea of closing the family shipping business, but there's no other way to raise the money he needs to pay the medical bills for his grandfather, who raised him after his parents died under mysterious...

The Starke series' fourth novel finds two nations facing a Caribbean war that could flame across Europe. The Cuban Junta will accept nothing less than independence, both countries' war parties drive reluctant administrations, and reconcentrados are...

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...

Gorgeous sunsets. Crisp lake waters. Crackling bonfires. It's summer on Mackinac Island.For Tracey, these particular summer nights just might change her life forever. If she'll let them.Tracey Swartz is a lot of things— fashionable, spontaneous,...

The memory of a lost love torments Simon Donovan. He came to Campeche to forget his past and begin a new life as a schooner captain. Together with another star-crossed Texan named Duncan Augustus Fagan, he started a sailing charter business in a Mexican...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as...

Seven Frozen Sailors is a novel written by George Manville Fenn and published in 1896. The story is set in the Arctic and follows the adventures of a group of sailors who become stranded in the frozen wilderness after their ship is destroyed by ice. The...

A Stranded Ship: A Story Of Sea And Shore (1880) is a novel written by Lemuel Clarke Davis. The book tells the story of a ship that becomes stranded on a deserted island after a violent storm. The crew must work together to survive and find a way to...

Martha's Vineyard islanders open their arms to a glorious springtime of change. The Sheridan Women prepare their hearts and minds for long sunny days, family parties, and everlasting love.After a blizzard roared across the island in February, Lola...

Rashi, an intelligent and sensible girl in her mid-twenties, had been living in North Goa since birth. Being a real glass sucker and chain smoker, she was always one step ahead of teen life but shattering her adult life with over maturity and...

The youngest Sheridan sister discovers a powerful love, one that changes her mind forever. A widow seeks refuge in community theater after the death of her husband. And a blizzard blankets Martha's Vineyard with more snow than any of them know. For...

Losing a loved one is hard— losing three is heart shattering. Within less than a year, Josephine has lost the three most important men in her life in two separate accidents. How does one come back from a hurt that grips you so tightly that it's...

Jolie Rouge is the spellbinding historical-fiction prequel to Reckoning at Little Bear, intertwining the nefarious career of Bartholomew Roberts with a macabre yarn of terror and deceit that will leave you with second thoughts about venturing too far...

After his first book, --Disaster In The Gulf--, Ramon F. D'Elosua has written another exciting adventure story about his intrepid captain, Terry Jackson, or T.J. and his most of his friends and crew. There is love, adventure, and a few conflicts along...

Jeffery Fernol (1878 - 1952) was an English writer of romance/adventure stories. He is thought to be the co-founder of the Regency romantic genre. He produced approximately 40 novels and volumes of stories, and some non-fiction and children's books. ...

Swept Out To Sea is a novel written by David Ker and published in 1896. The story revolves around the protagonist, a young man named Jack, who is swept out to sea during a violent storm while on a fishing trip with his father. He is presumed dead by his...

In Mardi and a Voyage Thither, Vol. II, Herman Melville continues his visionary exploration through an archipelago filled with intrigue and symbolism. As the journey unfolds, the protagonist encounters enigmatic characters and philosophical challenges,...

In Mardi and a Voyage Thither, Herman Melville embarks on an imaginative journey beyond the seas. Following an adventurer's escape to a mysterious archipelago, this surreal tale fuses satire, philosophy, and exploration. Melville's richly layered prose...

"L'Appel du Désert" nous entraîne dans l'histoire d'Amara, une jeune femme habitant un village reculé, hantée chaque nuit par le rêve d'un temple mystérieux dans un désert infini. Ce rêve devient pour elle une quête, une échappatoire à la vie monotone...

Book Description: The Bluebone Pirates The Bluebone Pirates is a gripping collection of fifteen oceanic tales that dive deep into the mysterious and treacherous world of the sea. Each story explores the fine line between adventure and terror, with the...

In this collection, you will find two great stories. The first story is "Hatchi the Sock Monster." Mara has been scared of the terrifying creature hiding in her room for three days. But it won't be long before she quickly realizes that although Hatchi is...

AN UNSTOPPABLE PREDATOR, A MYSTERY THAT COULD DOOM US ALL.Something has awakened within the Caribbean, staining the once tranquil waters red with blood. Derek Jenner and his team of cryptid hunters are called in to investigate, but what they find is more...

The first book of The Great Escape series, based upon the author's experiences traveling and surfing after he quit law in New Zealand, and his relationship with a beautiful photographer."So there we sat in the plush restaurant, served by friendly waiters...

The Strange Adventure of James Shervinton, is a classical book and has been considered important throughout the human history. So that this book is never forgotten we at Alpha Editions have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this again in a...

LA ÚLTIMA CRIPTA arranca con el inexplicable descubrimiento por parte del protagonista, Ulises Vidal -submarinista y trotamundos-, de una campana enterrada en un arrecife coralino en las inmediaciones de la isla de Utila, frente a las costas de Honduras...

"Billy and the Secrets of the Sea" is an unforgettable adventure, What begins as an exciting fishing trip with his Grandpa and cousin Jack quickly turns into a heart-pounding quest for survival when a fierce storm hits, tossing Billy overboard into the...

Brooke Reynolds had once been an integral part of Team Reaper. Now, she's taking on a new kind of mission... A jewel-encrusted cross surfaces, leading Brooke Reynolds and Mark Butler to the Golden Hawk, a Spanish Galleon which disappeared with...

Everything familiar to Eliza has been ripped away. Even worse, the cruel deed was done by her own hands.Nassau, Bahamas, 1791...Eliza Sharpe, recently wed to a mysterious and brooding soldier, departs for the West Indies with him to begin their new life...

Life at sea isn't always tranquil.Anchored off a small uninhabited cay in the Bahamas, Chase witnesses another boat being boarded. Before he can react, the skipper of the other vessel is kidnapped.Chase rushes over to find the skipper's teenage daughter...

DANGER AT SANDPIPER BAY-- A Riley Harper Mystery is Book Two in this exciting new series. Written by USA Today and NY Times bestselling authors, Traci Hall and Patrice Wilton who have teamed up again to bring you more mysteries to...

As the oceans warm, a new species of medusa (jelly fish) invades the northern Pacific ocean. When the jellies begin hunting humans, Captain Percival Ronald Wilson and his crew are hired to hunt them.The story begins with the disappearance of boaters off...