It's 1820 and the American Revolution is breaking down the old European order and culture. Captain Chad Grittenburg, a wounded veteran of the War of 1812 is driven by duty and chivalry. He fears dishonor more than death. When a duel goes horribly wrong and his fiancé is killed, his world collapses. Escape from his troubled mind comes in the form of a journey from Boston to Russian America. The peaceful trading voyage should be a remedy, but his emotional crisis tears at his leadership and frays his command. Betrayed on a stop in Cuba, attacked by pirates in the Caribbean, he barely saves his…mehr
It's 1820 and the American Revolution is breaking down the old European order and culture. Captain Chad Grittenburg, a wounded veteran of the War of 1812 is driven by duty and chivalry. He fears dishonor more than death. When a duel goes horribly wrong and his fiancé is killed, his world collapses. Escape from his troubled mind comes in the form of a journey from Boston to Russian America. The peaceful trading voyage should be a remedy, but his emotional crisis tears at his leadership and frays his command. Betrayed on a stop in Cuba, attacked by pirates in the Caribbean, he barely saves his ship from storms rounding Cape Horn. Arriving in the Spanish American port of San Francisco, Chad encounters a British brig captained by an old war foe with a beautiful young Russian noblewoman named Katarina Gerhardt. Smitten, yet troubled, he is happy to see her ship depart for Russian America. Following their route, the American ship comes upon a handful of survivors from the British ship, wrecked on a remote forested island. Katarina is missing. Driven by his sense of chivalry, it will take all of Chad's combat and leadership skills to save her from a terrifying fate. But what will save Chad from himself...the love of a beautiful woman or this untamed, unforgiving and wickedly beautiful land?
RODGER CARLYLE is a storyteller who draws on an enormous personal library of experiences. An adventurer, political strategist, and ghostwriter whose love of flying began in the Navy, his experiences stretch from New York to Los Angeles, from Amsterdam to Khabarovsk in the Russian Far East, and from Canada into Latin America.Through his passion for research, he treasures finding those events that are ignored or covered up by the powerful when some strategy or plan goes completely to hell. From there, he creates a fictional adventure narrative that tells a more complete story. Rodger is comfortable in black tie urban settings, but he is never happier than in the wilderness. He has faced down muggers in San Francisco, intimidation by the Russian Mafia, and charging grizzly bears. Most of his stories take his readers to places they will never visit. He likes to think that he is there with them.Visit Rodger Carlyle's website at www.rodgercarlyle.com
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309
