Passage to Moorea

by B R O'Hagan

Overview

Passage to Moorea is set in 1872, when Civil War hero and adventurer Thomas Scoundrel is working as an investigative journalist in San Francisco. When he pens an exposé of a powerful businessman and is marked for death, he is forced to travel half way around the world to begin a new life. From the turquoise blue waters of Polynesia to the dangerous alleys of New York's Five Points, he risks everything for his friends and the woman he loves. He stows away on a warship bound for Hawaii, wins a sugar plantation in a poker hand, and battles missionary bankers, loan-collecting Tahitian warriors, Irish gang leaders, a ruthless assassin and the most powerful figures in the world of fine art. He swims in a moonlit tropical lagoon with the Princess of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, engages in hand-to-hand combat with a legendary South Seas fighter, trades stories with Jules Verne and Ulysses S. Grant, and, in true Scoundrel style, enjoys gourmet dining and fine wine around the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781734226393
Publisher:	Pedee Creek Publishing LLC
Publication date:	01/02/2024
Series:	The Thomas Scoundrel , #2
Pages:	558
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.38(d)

About the Author

B.R. O'Hagan went to UCLA and taught history for several years before going to work in film and television. He did series development for two Hollywood studios and was a script-doctor for a host of Los Angeles-based film and TV writers before returning to his native Oregon, where he purchased a 19th century farmhouse at the literal 'end' of a graveled country road. Over the next two decades he built a reputation as one of the leading ghostwriters in the nation, producing articles and books for more than a dozen Fortune 100 CEOs, as well as national political figures, university presidents, entertainment figures, jurists, and retired senior military officers. B.R. has ghost-authored 24 published books, including several national bestsellers, with over 1.5 million copies sold. In addition, he has authored more than a hundred articles and opinion pieces for clients that have appeared in national and international publications. B.R. has moved from ghost-writing to producing his own works. He published the novel Martin's Way, the family Christmas book, Jonathan Marvel's Christmas Pockets, and 7 Prologues, a compilation of introductory pieces he did for books about some of his ghostwriting subjects. His newest release is Passage to Moorea, the second book in the Thomas Scoundrel historical fiction series. B.R. lives in the Willamette Valley, where he writes in a converted barn in the pasture behind his home, just minutes from some of the finest pinot noir vineyards in the world.