The Smugglers - Couverture souple

Lawrence

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0007135556 ISBN 13 : 9780007135554

Editeur : HarperCollins Children’s Fiction, 2009

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I fetched a lantern and went right to the depths of the ship, where water, brown and fetid, slurped among the timbers. I went through the darkness in a circle of light, frightening cockroaches into shelter, hearing the groans and creaks of the hull as it worked. The places where I had to go were small and cramped, and I slithered through them as the lantern made the shadows zoom and tilt.

And someone came behind me.

When I stopped, he was silent. When I moved, so did he. I heard a faint creaking of wood as he crept up, closing the distance. He was quiet as a cat. And suddenly I felt a hand touch my shoulder. I cried out, startled, as he pushed me down against the hull.

"You're in danger, boy," said he.

I tried to lift myself, to turn and see him, but the sailor held me down.

"Watch yourself," he said. "There's one aboard who'll kill you."

"Who?"

For a moment I only heard him breathing. He said, "The one who seems least likely."

"But who?" I asked again.

He pressed harder on my shoulder. "He'll want the dead man's secrets. See you keep them safe."

"Who are you?" I asked.

"A man you never saw." And then the hand was gone.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A swashbuckling thriller, part two of THE HIGH SEAS ADVENTURES, set on the oceans of the eighteenth century drama, horror, adventure...

Steer clear of that ship, warns the mysterious gentleman who shares the coach to Dover with John Spencer and his father. Death she ll bring you. It s the way of a ship that was christened in blood.

This is an ominous introduction to the schooner John is about to be entrusted with for a voyage north to London. But he s too charmed by the pretty Dragon to heed the advice. The ship looks clever and quick, and John, now sixteen, can t wait to sail her. She was a smugglers vessel once, but that was in the past. Now she s the Spencers Dragon, and she will proudly carry wool for honest trade.

But soon John will be forced to consider the gentleman s warning. Could a ship that s seen a smuggling run truly be spoiled for anything else? And what does John really know about his bonny crew of four?

Alive with breathtaking action and unforgettable characters, this companion to The Wreckers is masterfully entertaining a rousing nautical adventure full of danger and surprise.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: HarperCollins Children’s Fiction
• Date d'édition: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0007135556
• ISBN 13: 9780007135554
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240