Captain Rowden Sails Again
Oriental Vengeance, my new novel continuing the adventures of Bill Rowden and his tramp steamer Oriental Venture, is now available from Amazon in print and Kindle versions.
Many thanks for all the support and encouragement from those who read Oriental Vagabonds and I hope you find the next installment equally entertaining.
Available: From Amazon in print and Kindle versions.
The Synopsis:
November 1934. Britain is struggling from the
depths of the Great Depression and Chief Mate Bill Rowden is in Barry, South
Wales, unemployed and broke. Having beaten and robbed a vicious pimp in a fight
over a woman, Rowden is desperate for a ship and signs aboard an ancient,
rust-bucket tramp steamer bound for the Mediterranean. Discovering he has
joined a hell-ship; Rowden uncovers a web of crime and brutality that severely
tests his seamanship, courage and survival instincts.
Six years later, November 1940. Britain stands
alone against the Nazis and Captain Bill Rowden is in Liverpool preparing Oriental
Venture to join an outbound convoy.
The blitz is at its height, the Royal Navy is stretched to the limit and
Hitler’s U-boats are enjoying their ‘Happy Time’.
Steaming into the depths of a North Atlantic
winter, the convoy runs the gauntlet of bombers, wolf packs and foul weather.
When the ships are ordered to disperse and proceed unprotected, Rowden heads
for Freetown, trusting to the vast empty reaches of the Atlantic for
concealment. But old enemies and ghosts from the past are back to haunt him.
With safety seemingly within their grasp, Rowden and his crew discover just how
cruel the sea can be.
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