A Ravel of Waters [Paperback]

Geoffrey Jenkins (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 28, 1986

PASSAGE TO DANGER...

JETWIND is magnificent. The revolutionary computerized sailing ship, swifter than the fastest clipper, will rule the seas-if she can break the speed records from South America to the Cape...

But her maiden voyage through the icy South Atlantic becomes a nightmare of terror. Her captain is murdered, her journey is sabotaged by a fanatic nationalist, and both the Russians and the Americans watch her with too much interest.

Her new Captain, lone yachtsman Peter Rainer, must find out why-or lose both JETWIND and the woman he loves...

"His story-telling has a drive that is compulsive." Scotsman

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About the Author

Geoffrey Jenkins was born in 1920 in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and educated in the old Transvaal, where he wrote his first book-a legal history-at the age of seventeen. After leaving school he worked as a sub-editor in Zimbabwe, later becoming a newspaperman in both Britain and South Africa. He combined a most successful career in journalism with a life-long interest in the sea, and his knowledge of ships and sailing has provided the background to many of his novels. His first novel, A Twist of Sand, was published in 1959 and immediately became a bestseller; it was later filmed. Eight more most successful novels followed having sold over five million copies in twenty-three different languages. www.geoffrey-jenkins.co.za --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers; New Ed edition (April 28, 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0006164900
• ISBN-13: 978-0006164906
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,142,347 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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