Stormchild - Bernard Cornwell

Tim Blackburn fears that his daughter, Nicole, may be more than a prisoner of a cultish group of activists some might call terrorists. With an American journalist, who wants the inside story on the group, Tim sets sail to rescue Nicole--a quest that takes him to the hellish coast of Patagonia. A] page-turner....Cornwell unleashes danger and violence, from both man and nature. -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution Bernard Cornwell is to the yachting adventure novel what ex-jockey Dick Francis is to the racetrack thriller. -- Orlando Sentinel The New York Times bestselling author of The Fort , the Saxon Tales, and the immensely popular Richard Sharpe novels, Bernard Cornwell has been called, perhaps the greatest writer of historical adventure novels today ( Washington Post ). He demonstrates another side of his extraordinary storytelling talents with Stormchild , a contemporary tale of danger on the high and treacherous seas. The gripping story of a man who has lost almost everything in his life and now must race across perilous waters aboard his sloop Stormchild in a desperate attempt to rescue his daughter from the clutches of a shadowy cult and its mad leader. As relentlessly exciting as a Tom Clancy thriller, Stormchild is a masterwork of suspense from one of today's most versatile and accomplished popular novelists.