The Stowaway

A Novel

Fiction & Literature, Psychological, Historical, Literary
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Author: Robert Hough ISBN: 9781628721751
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Publication: October 1, 2005
Imprint: Arcade Publishing Language: English
Author: Robert Hough
ISBN: 9781628721751
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Publication: October 1, 2005
Imprint: Arcade Publishing
Language: English

From the acclaimed author of The Final Confession of Mabel Stark—A Boston Globe Top Ten Book and “a powerful, deeply human masterpiece” (Vancouver Sun).

With the suspense of a thriller and the moral resonance of a Joseph Conrad classic, The Stowaway is an adventure story of the highest caliber, a profound tale of good and evil all the more moving because it is based on actual events.

When two Romanian stowaways show themselves on the container ship Maersk Dubai one day into its passage across the Atlantic Ocean, the officers order the men to be put onto a flimsy raft, which in an instant is sucked under the frigid, unforgiving water. Over the next few weeks, the crew is divided between those loyal to the officers and those who cannot accept what they have seen.

When on a later voyage a third stowaway is found, and then another, the crew is forced to come to terms with the earlier murders and, at the risk of their own lives, act for good or evil. Intercut with these events is the backstory of the desperate stowaways, forced to flee their impoverished country in search of a better life. The powerful resolution of these two narratives, of the stowaways and the crew, makes for a tense and heart-pounding tale of murder, fear, and courage on the high seas.

“Not only a maritime adventure but also a resonant, timely morality tale…a moving, haunting novel.” —Publishers Weekly

“A terrific contemporary sea-story . . . The story of murder, fear and redemption aboard the Maersk Dubai comes vividly alive.” —Derek Lundy, author of The Way of a Ship and Godforsaken Sea

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From the acclaimed author of The Final Confession of Mabel Stark—A Boston Globe Top Ten Book and “a powerful, deeply human masterpiece” (Vancouver Sun).

With the suspense of a thriller and the moral resonance of a Joseph Conrad classic, The Stowaway is an adventure story of the highest caliber, a profound tale of good and evil all the more moving because it is based on actual events.

When two Romanian stowaways show themselves on the container ship Maersk Dubai one day into its passage across the Atlantic Ocean, the officers order the men to be put onto a flimsy raft, which in an instant is sucked under the frigid, unforgiving water. Over the next few weeks, the crew is divided between those loyal to the officers and those who cannot accept what they have seen.

When on a later voyage a third stowaway is found, and then another, the crew is forced to come to terms with the earlier murders and, at the risk of their own lives, act for good or evil. Intercut with these events is the backstory of the desperate stowaways, forced to flee their impoverished country in search of a better life. The powerful resolution of these two narratives, of the stowaways and the crew, makes for a tense and heart-pounding tale of murder, fear, and courage on the high seas.

“Not only a maritime adventure but also a resonant, timely morality tale…a moving, haunting novel.” —Publishers Weekly

“A terrific contemporary sea-story . . . The story of murder, fear and redemption aboard the Maersk Dubai comes vividly alive.” —Derek Lundy, author of The Way of a Ship and Godforsaken Sea

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