The Sea of the Vanities is a sea adventure with supernatural overtones. The story opens as Richard Shaw, an insurance investigator from Lloyds of London, arrives in Rio de Janeiro in 1851. He is there to discover why so many of the great sailing ships of the world are disappearing in the south Atlantic, never making it to or from the Pacific Ocean. From the other side of the continent, a ship sets sail only to encounter murder and forces of the supernatural. The survivors and pirates unwillingly rendezvous in Cape Horn where the protagonists from both ships must answer the question: is death to be feared? They respond differently, illustrating our view of death; both the poignant and predictable, and they find the unexpected choices they must make.
- | Author: Lou Kemp
- | Publisher: 4 Horsemen Publications, Inc.
- | Publication Date: Jun 21, 2023
- | Number of Pages: 310 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 1644508133
- | ISBN-13: 9781644508138
