The Wreckers by Iain Lawrence6/11/2023 ![]() From the evocative jacket painting of a moonlit shipwreck to the superb characterizations, hair-raising plot and authentic period details, Lawrence's fiction is first-rate. ![]() Not knowing whom he can trust, John has to feel his way through a web of intrigue and treachery before time runs out for his father-and himself. ![]() John goes in search of his missing father and stumbles across Stumps, a legless villain as terrifying as they come, who hints about a cache of gold and makes dark threats on his and his father's lives. Trapped in a strange land with no idea of whom to trust, he faced the most terrifying challenge of his life. As John hid on the shore, he saw his shipmates murdered by these ruthless scavengers. One such vessel is the Isle of Skye, owned by the father of 14-year-old narrator John Spencer, a Londoner who narrowly escapes drowning only to see a shipmate murdered by one of the wreckers. One stormy night in 1799, 14-year-old John Spencer was unfortunate enough to be on his fathers ship when the wreckers did their worst. Author of two adult books on sailing, Lawrence paints a minutely observed picture of maritime life in 1799 Cornwall, where whole villages made a living by plundering ships they'd lured onto the jagged rocks of their storm-swept coastline. First-time novelist Lawrence gives a nod to Robert Louis Stevenson in a fast-paced, atmospheric yarn that will have adventure buffs glued to their seats. ![]()
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