Four teenage cousins have worked and studied for two years preparing for an "Outward Bound" type sailing adventure in Alaska. They expect to see the scenery of Kenai Fiords National Park and do some fishing. Their captain has far greater plans for them and expects them to become sailors capable of surviving on their own.Four teenage cousins have worked and studied for two years preparing for an "Outward Bound" type sailing adventure in Alaska. They expect to see the scenery of Kenai Fiords National Park and do some fishing. Their captain has far greater plans for them and expects them to become sailors capable of surviving on their own. Their skills develop quickly and they even get to experience blue water sailing with the challenge of taking watch at night in the vastness of the ocean. They learn their own strengths and more importantly the need to work together. With the captain's life at stake the boys must use everything they have learned to save him.This work of fiction is based on the authors 30 years of sailing and fishing in Alaska. All of the adventures are real but times, names and places were changed as needed for story continuity. The Sea Shanty was the boat I built out for my own long dreamed of cruise to Alaska. She is a rugged good sailing vessel. Views: 244
Can you ever bury the past? 'A wonderful page-turner of a novel' Fay Weldon on The Things You Do for LoveShe'd recognised in him something of herself: that sense of not belonging, of secrets fiercely kept . . .Five friends, newly graduated, travel together to the Lake District. Young and ambitious, they little imagine the events that will overtake them that fateful summer, tearing their fragile group apart. Twenty years later, they return to the same spot, summoned by a mysterious bequest. It's not long before old friendships - and old romances - are re-kindled. But soon, too, rivalries begin to emerge and wounds are painfully reopened . . . How long does it take for past sins to be forgiven? And can the things they destroy ever really be recovered? Praise for Rachel Crowther'Intelligent, with many layers, it is a gripping read' The Lady Magazine'A good summer... Views: 244
A vast starship. A world unto itself. A million colonists, and a journey gone wildly wrong.
Long after most of the crew dies, the survivors are creating a new world. Many don't know they are on a ship. From mutants, to humans, to alien life forms, the melting pot is chaos and calm.
In METAMORPHOSIS ALPHA, you are aboard the stricken starship and struggling to survive, trying to gain knowledge of the strange devices and mechanical apparatus of the vessel, attempting to learn the secrets of the strange “world” you inhabit…
Fourteen stories that help bring METAMORPHOSIS ALPHA alive. Led by James M. Ward, the original creator, enter the starship Warden, and through the eyes of the authors, enjoy the adventures of the bold as they struggle to complete their quests to understand what their “world” is all about. Views: 243
Set in London and Brighton, Thirty Days is a fabulously provocative romance series that gives you a very steamy love affair between a hot guy and an unsure heroine, baked goods and some rather unexpected twists and turns along the way. "So," Taylor murmurs into my ear. "What do you do when all your dreams come true?" Over the last nine months Abby and Taylor have been to hell and back. Just when it seems like things are finally coming together at long last, their nemesis is determined to get the last laugh. With Abby due to give birth any day and Taylor's birthday looming, the final twist in the story brings about an explosive ending. The final installment of the Thirty Days series comes to its nail-biting conclusion as Abby and Taylor endeavour to create their own happily ever after. Views: 243
