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A Wild & True Relation opens during the Great Storm of 1703, as smuggler Tom West confronts his lover Grace for betraying him to the Revenue. Leaving Grace's cottage in flames, he takes her orphaned daughter Molly on board ship disguised as a boy to join his crew. But Molly, or Orlando as she must call herself, will grow up to outshine all the men of Tom's company and seek revenge – and a legacy – all of her own.

Borkum, 1855: Eng aneinandergedrückt sitzen sie zum Schutz vor dem tosenden Sturm im dunklen Kirchturm, dem einzigen hohen Gebäude: Grete, ihre drei Kleinen und all die anderen Frauen und Kinder der Insel. 150 Jahre später kommt die Geologin Helen nach Borkum, um ihre Doktorarbeit über die Wanderbewegungen der ostfriesischen Inseln zu schreiben. In ihren Augen ist die Natur schön und faszinierend.

New York, 1850. Two clipper ships depart on a race around Cape Horn to the boomtown of San Francisco, where the first to arrive will gain the largest profits and also win a $50,000 wager for her owner.

Under the seas there is a captain. He is feared by his enemies and tolerated by his friends. His name is Wolfgang Tiberus Howle. A feirce sailor and werewolf aboard the SS Moon beam. A powerful submarine built by the Gods in Atlantis. Come along as he and his motley crew of misfits try to save the world from evil wizards, insane gods and the evils of soap operas.

It’s been years since Ellie fished the Alaskan coastline—not since her mother died. But when she finds her father beat up behind the local bar, she learns he’s done the unforgivable: gambled away the family’s commercial fishing boat—her five-year-old son’s inheritance and the life she longs to reclaim. For nefarious reasons of his own, the bookie gives them one season to earn the money to buy it back.

Lucas, Grace, and Irene—newly wealthy from their past exploits—set sail for Tampa to chase a fresh legend: the sunken Spanish galleon Santa Reina, said to hold over $50 million in lost gold and jewels. With their custom salvage yacht, diving gear, and a new instructor named Skye, the team thinks they’re prepared for anything. They’re wrong.

Stolen from her ship as a child, Elizabeth Langley is forced to watch her mother’s enslavement and torture at the hands of the notorious Blade the Barbarian. Months pass without the reward promised by her grandfather, forcing Elizabeth to grow into a bitter, hate-filled child. This frightened little girl easily wins the hearts and loyalty of a ruthless crew of cutthroats. Years of hiding and training in secret, the child grew into a pirate as heartless and merciless as any man aboard the ship. Elizabeth vows her revenge on the man who condemned her to the life of a savage.

“An hour on this rock is a lifetime.” A Penguin Classic Drowning in the freezing North Atlantic, Christopher “Pincher” Martin, temporary lieutenant, happens upon a grotesque rock, an island that appears only on weather charts. To drink, there is a pool of rainwater; to eat, there are...

Long ago, Isolde ran from the Elders—despite their warnings and rules, she chose her own path. Their wrath caught up to her over the miles and waves and made her pay her debts. After killing her partner before her eyes, the Elders curse Isolde with a cruel vise: she’s trapped on the island that she used as her refuge, forced to sing a nightly song that creates maelstroms and lures men to their deaths.

مرحباً بك في عالم يحف بالأخطار، أخطار يخلقها البحر، ويثيرخا الطامعون في استغلاله لجني الأرباح، حيث يتعين على فتاة يافعة تثبيت أقدامها في هذا المحيط، وخوض غماره للعثور على عائلتها، وفي الوقت ذاته تحاول النجاة في عالم يهيمن عليه الرجال. وتصحبك فيبل في رحلة مذهلة حافلة بالشاعرية والمؤامرات والمغامرات.

*Shortlisted for the Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award 2019!* When Lottie’s Gran dies she leaves one last request; save Greenley Theatre. Faced with a decaying building, a mayor who most definitely isn’t on board with the project and a group of actors who just can’t get along, Lottie...

This is a spin-off story to Bloodlines and Black Flags. This is a collection of stories and perspectives from more minor characters in Diego's crew from Bloodlines and Black Flags.

Es ist Vorweihnachtszeit. Auf der Ostseeinsel Fehmarn kehrt besinnliche Ruhe ein. Doch dann wird ein Mann tot aufgefunden. Er wurde in seiner Ferienwohnung erschlagen. Ins Visier der Ermittlungen gerät eine exzentrische Lebedame, inselbekannt für ihre vielen Männerbekanntschaften. Die alternde Charmeurin ist stets knapp bei Kasse. Sie schafft es aber immer wieder, sich von ihren Eroberungen aushalten zu lassen. Hat ihre Habgier sie zur Mörderin gemacht?

Tortuga, Cartagena e Veracruz, ambientati negli ultimi decenni del Seicento, raccontano i gloriosi atti conclusivi dell'epopea dei filibustieri di stanza nei Caraibi, tra abbordaggi, rapimenti, episodi di ferocia e di abnegazione, passioni amorose divoranti, cameratismo e rivalità su vascelli sovraccarichi in cui il sangue si mescola al sudore. Ma, all'alba del XVIII secolo, il tempo dei pirati sembra giunto a termine. Ormai superati dalla Storia, i Fratelli della Costa che hanno terrorizzato i Caraibi per cinquant'anni non spariranno, ma saranno chiamati a un differente destino.

Als Sophie ihren Mann und ihren Sohn bei einem Bootsunglück verliert, scheint auch ihr Lebensmut zu sterben. Doch die leidenschaftliche Schwimmerin gibt nicht auf: Sie beschließt, im Rahmen der »Ocean’s Seven Challenge« sieben Meeresstraßen zu durchschwimmen. Was als abenteuerliche Idee beginnt, wird zu einem unerbittlichen Kampf gegen ihre inneren Dämonen und gegen die harte Realität auf hoher See: eiskaltes Wasser, meterhohe Wellen, giftige Quallen. Sophie schwimmt und schwimmt – getrieben von Emotionen, die sich im Laufe der Zeit wandeln: Schmerz, Zorn und Hoffnung.

Andrea Schnidt landet ohne große Ambitionen und mit ihrem Mann Paul auf einem Kreuzfahrtschiff und schippert Richtung Nordkap. Alles nur, um ihrem Ex-Schwiegervater Rudi und seiner Liebsten Irene einen Gefallen zu tun. Dass auch noch ihr Ex und dessen Neue auf dem Schiff sein werden und Andrea dem All You can eat verfällt – geschenkt. Rudi verschwindet, und auch Enkelsohn Halvar sorgt für Aufregung.

She was known for what she lost She lived by the courage she found "Find Polaris" When the SS Titanic set sail, Captain Edward John Smith became a legend – and when tragedy struck he was a hero to some, reckless to others. But in the shadow of his infamy stood his daughter, left behind on the...

Abandoned to die beside the body of her murdered husband on a remote tropical island, a young woman survives only by her faith in God — while still haunted by the memory of her attackers' faces. When British Naval Captain Jonathan Gresham discovers her, she is too traumatized to speak and unable to recall her own name. Determined to protect her, Gresham must outwit his superiors, evade an admiral intent on locking her away in an asylum, and stay ahead of the murderers who will stop at nothing to silence her forever.

Katherine Howell’s life takes a mysterious turn as she navigates the dangerous waters of espionage and betrayal. Living on a yacht for two years, she becomes a target for the CIA. As she sets out on a journey from Corsica to the U.S., she senses a looming threat. How can she endure the events that led a simple young woman from East Texas into this perilous situation, including the death of her grandmother, the loss of her child, and the reported death of her husband in Vietnam?

Leonie reist mitten im tiefsten Winter nach Norwegen – nur bewaffnet mit einer kleinen Holzfigur, jeder Menge Mut und der Erinnerung an eine magische Nacht in Nürnberg. Vor einem Jahr begegnete sie dort jemandem, den sie einfach nicht vergessen kann. Während sie zusammen mit ihrem treuen Vierbeiner Finn durch die verschneiten Landschaften reist, wird jeder Kilometer zu einem kleinen Abenteuer. Die Fjorde funkeln im Winterlicht, das Polarlicht tanzt am Himmel – und irgendwo da draußen wartet vielleicht ein Weihnachtswunder.