The Shipkiller

by Justin Scott

Overview

It was the largest moving object on the face of the earth, but for Carolyn and Peter Hardin it was a towering wall of steel bursting out of a squall at full speed, bearing down on their ketch Siren. In a few dramatic moments, Siren was shattered by the indifferent juggernaut. Struggling for his life, Peter Hardin felt the hand of his wife being torn from his grip as the huge white letters on the supertanker''''''''s stern - Leviathan - steamed away.Thus begins an odyssey of revenge that embraces the distant waters of the world, from the titanic storms of the South Atlantic to the oil-slicked reaches of the Persian Gulf. Now back in print for the first time in twenty-five years, The Shipkiller is the story of one man determined to win at sea the justice he has been denied on land.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781681774510
Publisher:	Pegasus Books
Publication date:	08/01/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	NOOK Book
Pages:	400
Sales rank:	456,506
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Justin Scott has written twenty-nine novels, including two Edgar Award nominations. Scott has co-authored four thrillers with Clive Cussler; the most recent, The Race, debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list. (The Thief will be published in March 2012.) Scott’s new Robert Ludlum novel, The Janson Command, to be published under his pseudonym Paul Garrison, hits bookstores in February 2012.
Justin Scott has written more than thirty thrillers, historicals, and mystery novels, including The Shipkiller, Normandie Triangle, and The Empty Eye of the Sea. His main pen name is Paul Garrison under which he has written the Paul Janson series based on a Robert Ludlum character: The Janson Command and The Janson Option. Scott created the Ben Abbott detective series and was twice nominated for the Edgar Allan Poe Award by the Mystery Writers of America. He collaborates with Clive Cussler on the Isaac Bell series—The Wrecker, The Spy, The Race, The Thief, The Striker, The Bootlegger, and The Assassin. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, filmmaker Amber Edwards.

What People are Saying About This

Robert Ludlum

A stunner. Absolutely riveting. A marvelously taut, brilliantly told story of revenge, and the sea, and the dark forces that can shape the human condition.

Christopher Buckley

Moby-Dick meets Tom Clancy, and what a splash it makes. The Shipkiller kept me up all night. One hell of a sea story.

Editorial Reviews

Clive Cussler, Scott’s collaborator on the bestselling The Thief, provides a new preface to this 1978 Scott novel, which PW reviewed that year: “When the world’s largest supertanker collides with Peter Hardin’s small yacht and kills his wife, he vows to avenge her death by destroying the colossal Leviathan. In the biggest sea hunt since Ahab sailed out of New Bedford, Hardin sets out with a stolen missile launcher and Ajaratu, a beautiful black doctor who treats his wounds and falls in love with him. As a fast-paced and thoroughly exciting chase ensues across the oceans of the world, Hardin and Ajaratu face a variety of dangers, not the least of which is the cunning captain of the tanker. The Israeli secret service comes into the picture when they guess Hardin’s plan, and they help him in the hopes of developing a counter-threat to Arab terrorism. Scott, author of The Turning, spent time on a freighter researching the book, and his efforts pay off in a first-rate tale of suspense.” Agent: Henry Morrison, Henry Morrison Literary Agency. (June)

Publishers Weekly

Moby-Dick meets Tom Clancy, and what a splash it makes. The Shipkiller kept me up all night. One hell of a sea story.

Christopher Buckley

One of the best fiction sailing adventures.

Yachting Magazine

There is a hint of Moby Dick in the theme of this excellent thriller.

San Francisco Chronicle

With a draught of Melville, Scott limns his driven people as stylishly as his boats.

TIME Magazine

A stunner. Absolutely riveting. A marvelously taut, brilliantly told story of revenge, and the sea, and the dark forces that can shape the human condition.

Robert Ludlum

There is a hint of Moby Dick in the theme of this excellent thriller.

San Francisco Chronicle

The Shipkiller is a superbly written thriller in which Scott limns his driven people as stylishly as his boats.”

Time Magazine