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Libro 14 de 28: Richard Mariner Series

Tonkin, Peter

 
9780727865595: High Wind in Java (Mariners)

Sinopsis

This is a thrilling new Richard Mariner adventure.Robin Mariner is looking forward to a restful holiday aboard the state-of-the-art sailing cruiser Tai Fun exploring the romantic Java Sea. Her hopes are shattered when she realizes that her husband Richard is actually here to buy the revolutionary vessel, and the High Wind cruising company of which she is flag ship. But Richard's own plans are in turn thrown awry by the arrival aboard of Nic Greenbaum, the legendary Texan multi-millionaire eco-warrior: one of the few men able to outmanoeuvre him. Nic too wants Tai Fun, and seems willing to play almost any dirty game to get her.They begin a complex hand of financial and emotional blackjack when another, even more unexpected, element is added. The tiny island princedom of Pulau Baya, Tai Fun's final port of call, is torn back into the Stone Age by a series of unexplained, overwhelming disasters which even charismatic Prince Sailendra cannot control. Helpless and desperate the islanders go out to pirate and pillage. And the first vessel to appear over their horizon is the Tai Fun...

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A new Richard Mariner adventure - Richard Mariner is out to buy the revolutionary vessel Tai Fun, but not if multi-millionaire eco-warrior Nic Greenbaum has his way. The situation is further complicated when the tiny island of Pulau Baya, Tai Funs final port of call, is torn by a series of unexplained, overwhelming disasters. Helpless and desperate, the islanders go out to pirate and pillage. And the first vessel to appear over their horizon is the Tai Fun . . .

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This is a thrilling new Richard Mariner adventure.Robin Mariner is looking forward to a restful holiday aboard the state-of-the-art sailing cruiser Tai Fun exploring the romantic Java Sea. Her hopes are shattered when she realizes that her husband Richard is actually here to buy the revolutionary vessel, and the High Wind cruising company of which she is flag ship. But Richard's own plans are in turn thrown awry by the arrival aboard of Nic Greenbaum, the legendary Texan multi-millionaire eco-warrior: one of the few men able to outmanoeuvre him. Nic too wants Tai Fun, and seems willing to play almost any dirty game to get her.They begin a complex hand of financial and emotional blackjack when another, even more unexpected, element is added. The tiny island princedom of Pulau Baya, Tai Fun's final port of call, is torn back into the Stone Age by a series of unexplained, overwhelming disasters which even charismatic Prince Sailendra cannot control. Helpless and desperate the islanders go out to pirate and pillage. And the first vessel to appear over their horizon is the Tai Fun...

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9780727878496: High Wind in Java (Richard Mariner Adventures)

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ISBN 10:  0727878492 ISBN 13:  9780727878496
Editorial: Severn House Large Print Books, 2010
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