High Seas Trilogy

3 primary works Complete

Wreckers

by Iain Lawrence

Published 1 November 1999

There was once a village bred by evil. On the barren coast of Cornwall, England, lived a community who prayed for shipwrecks, a community who lured storm-tossed ships to crash upon the sharp rocks of their shore. They fed and clothed themselves with the loot salvaged from the wreckage; dead sailors' tools and trinkets became decorations for their homes. Most never questioned their murderous way of life.

Then, upon that pirates' shore crashed the ship The Isle of Skye. And the youngest of its crew members, 14-year-old John Spencer, survived the wreck. But would he escape the wreckers? This is his harrowing tale.

The Smugglers

by Iain Lawrence

Published 1 October 2000

A swashbuckling thriller, part two of THE HIGH SEAS ADVENTURES, set on the oceans of the eighteenth century – drama, horror, adventure…

“Steer clear of that ship,” warns the mysterious gentleman who shares the coach to Dover with John Spencer and his father. “Death she’ll bring you. It’s the way of a ship that was christened in blood.”

This is an ominous introduction to the schooner John is about to be entrusted with for a voyage north to London. But he’s too charmed by the pretty Dragon to heed the advice. The ship looks clever and quick, and John, now sixteen, can’t wait to sail her. She was a smugglers’ vessel once, but that was in the past. Now she’s the Spencers’ Dragon, and she will proudly carry wool for honest trade.

But soon John will be forced to consider the gentleman’s warning. Could a ship that’s seen a smuggling run truly be spoiled for anything else? And what does John really know about his “bonny” crew of four?

Alive with breathtaking action and unforgettable characters, this companion to The Wreckers is masterfully entertaining – a rousing nautical adventure full of danger and surprise.

Buccaneers

by Iain Lawrence

Published 14 August 2001

In the eighteenth century sixteen-year-old John Spencer sails from England in his schooner, the Dragon, to the Caribbean, where he and the crew encounter pirates, fierce storms, fever, and a strange man who some fear may be cursed.