The Eye of Saba (Paperback)
Lingua: inglese
Editore: Weatherdeck Books, 2026
- Brossura
- Nuovo
Da: Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.Grand Eagle Retail
Venditore AbeBooks dal 12 ottobre 2005
Condizione: Nuovo
EUR 26,12
Quantità: 1 disponibile
Aggiungi al carrelloDescrizione dell’articolo da parte del venditore
Paperback. The Eye of Saba: The King's Curse is a hard-edged adventure thriller soaked in saltwater, blood, desire and bad luck - the kind of story where paradise has teeth and every beautiful thing carries a debt.Patrick Redman is a Royal Navy petty officer with a sailor's appetite for danger, drink and trouble. In Mombasa, a spell of shore leave becomes something darker when a dive on a remote reef uncovers an ancient gold pendant: a relic linked to Solomon, Sheba and a curse old enough to have outlived empires. The find should be a fortune. Instead, it becomes a weight - passed hand to hand, hidden in lockers, lied about to police, and carried across oceans like contraband from another age.Around Patrick, the world begins to buckle. A freak storm turns a dive trip into a fight for survival. A shark attack leaves grief where laughter used to be. A warship that once felt solid and rational becomes a floating catalogue of near-disasters: snapped gear, men overboard, fires, failures, accidents that come too close together to dismiss. Patrick is a man trained to trust drills, charts and machinery - but even he begins to wonder whether the sea has marked him, or whether the ancient Eye has started collecting on its curse.The novel moves with the dirty realism of lived-in naval fiction: mess-deck banter, tropical heat, engine oil, wet steel, cheap beer, official lies and the blunt fatalism of men who work too close to the sea to romanticise it. But beneath the grit runs a mythic current - Solomon's bargain, Sheba's legacy, a stolen talisman, and a covenant that may still have power in the modern world. The past does not sit quietly in a museum case here. It surfaces from the reef, green-eyed and glittering, and drags the present down with it.Patrick himself is no polished hero. He is flawed, impulsive, often selfish, sometimes brave in spite of himself. He betrays, blunders, survives, and keeps moving because stopping would mean facing the wreckage behind him. The people around him - Hannelore, Thomas, Laura, Lisbeth, Jax, shipmates and strangers - are not decorative passengers in his story. They are vivid, damaged, funny, dangerous, loyal, grieving, hungry for escape. Their choices give the book its human bite: love tangled with guilt, friendship tested by fear, and survival bought at prices no one wants to name.From the reefs off Kenya to the brutal working decks of a Royal Navy destroyer, from academic whispers about ancient Africa to backstreet deals for passage on a Russian freighter, The Eye of Saba: The King's Curse blends maritime thriller, archaeological mystery and psychological survival story into something raw and propulsive. It is a novel about what men take, what the sea takes back, and what happens when an object meant to stay buried is brought into the light.No ghosts need appear for this story to feel haunted. The curse may be superstition. The accidents may be coincidence. The guilt may be doing all the work. But by the time Patrick climbs toward Mombasa again - hunted by conscience, law, and the consequences of his own decisions - the question is no longer whether the Eye is cursed.The question is whether anyone who touches it can walk away clean. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. …
Codice articolo 9798235119482
- Titolo
- The Eye of Saba (Paperback)
- Autore
- Michael Rothery
- Editore
- Weatherdeck Books
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2026
- Condizione
- new
- Rilegatura
- Paperback
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 13
- 9798235119482
The Eye of Saba: The King's Curse is a hard-edged adventure thriller soaked in saltwater, blood, desire and bad luck - the kind of story where paradise has teeth and every beautiful thing carries a debt.
Patrick Redman is a Royal Navy petty officer with a sailor's appetite for danger, drink and trouble. In Mombasa, a spell of shore leave becomes something darker when a dive on a remote reef uncovers an ancient gold pendant: a relic linked to Solomon, Sheba and a curse old enough to have outlived empires. The find should be a fortune. Instead, it becomes a weight - passed hand to hand, hidden in lockers, lied about to police, and carried across oceans like contraband from another age.
Around Patrick, the world begins to buckle. A freak storm turns a dive trip into a fight for survival. A shark attack leaves grief where laughter used to be. A warship that once felt solid and rational becomes a floating catalogue of near-disasters: snapped gear, men overboard, fires, failures, accidents that come too close together to dismiss. Patrick is a man trained to trust drills, charts and machinery - but even he begins to wonder whether the sea has marked him, or whether the ancient Eye has started collecting on its curse.
The novel moves with the dirty realism of lived-in naval fiction: mess-deck banter, tropical heat, engine oil, wet steel, cheap beer, official lies and the blunt fatalism of men who work too close to the sea to romanticise it. But beneath the grit runs a mythic current - Solomon's bargain, Sheba's legacy, a stolen talisman, and a covenant that may still have power in the modern world. The past does not sit quietly in a museum case here. It surfaces from the reef, green-eyed and glittering, and drags the present down with it.
Patrick himself is no polished hero. He is flawed, impulsive, often selfish, sometimes brave in spite of himself. He betrays, blunders, survives, and keeps moving because stopping would mean facing the wreckage behind him. The people around him - Hannelore, Thomas, Laura, Lisbeth, Jax, shipmates and strangers - are not decorative passengers in his story. They are vivid, damaged, funny, dangerous, loyal, grieving, hungry for escape. Their choices give the book its human bite: love tangled with guilt, friendship tested by fear, and survival bought at prices no one wants to name.
From the reefs off Kenya to the brutal working decks of a Royal Navy destroyer, from academic whispers about ancient Africa to backstreet deals for passage on a Russian freighter, The Eye of Saba: The King's Curse blends maritime thriller, archaeological mystery and psychological survival story into something raw and propulsive. It is a novel about what men take, what the sea takes back, and what happens when an object meant to stay buried is brought into the light.
No ghosts need appear for this story to feel haunted. The curse may be superstition. The accidents may be coincidence. The guilt may be doing all the work. But by the time Patrick climbs toward Mombasa again - hunted by conscience, law, and the consequences of his own decisions - the question is no longer whether the Eye is cursed.
The question is whether anyone who touches it can walk away clean.
"Riassunto" può appartenere a un’altra edizione di questo titolo.
Grand Eagle Retail
Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
Venditore AbeBooks dal 12 ottobre 2005
Tariffe di spedizione nazionale per U.S.A.
| Articolo | Da 6 a 14 giorni lavorativi | Da 6 a 16 giorni lavorativi |
|---|---|---|
| Primo articolo | EUR 0,00 | EUR 0,00 |
Metodi di pagamento
Informazioni sull’azienda del venditore
APOLLO ONLINE CORP.
605 Geddes Street
Wilmington, DE U.S.A. 19805
Condizioni di vendita
We guarantee the condition of every book as it¿s described on the Abebooks web sites. If you¿ve changed
your mind about a book that you¿ve ordered, please use the Ask bookseller a question link to contact us
and we¿ll respond within 2 business days.
Books ship from California and Michigan.
Diritto di recesso
Se sei un consumatore puoi recedere dal contratto in conformità con quanto segue. Per Consumatore si intende qualsiasi persona fisica che agisce per scopi estranei alla propria attività commerciale, imprenditoriale, artigianale o professionale.
Informazioni sul diritto di recesso
Diritto legale di recesso
Hai il diritto di recedere dal presente contratto entro 14 giorni senza fornire alcuna motivazione.
Il periodo di recesso scade dopo 14 giorni dal giorno in cui tu o una terza parte, diversa dal vettore e da te indicata, acquisisce il possesso fisico dell'ultimo bene o dell'ultimo lotto o pezzo.
Per esercitare il diritto di recesso, compila e invia elettronicamente una dichiarazione esplicita sul nostro sito Web, alla voce “I miei acquisti” nella sezione “Mio account”. Ti comunicheremo senza indugio una conferma di ricezione di tale recesso su un supporto durevole (ad es. via e-mail).
Per rispettare il termine di recesso, è sufficiente inviare la comunicazione relativa all'esercizio del diritto di recesso prima della scadenza del periodo di recesso stesso.
Effetti del recesso
In caso di recesso dal presente contratto, ti rimborseremo tutti i pagamenti ricevuti, compresi i costi di spedizione (ad eccezione dei costi supplementari derivanti dalla tua eventuale scelta di un tipo di spedizione diverso dal tipo meno costoso di consegna standard da noi offerto).
Potremo effettuare una detrazione dal rimborso per la perdita di valore dei beni forniti, qualora tale perdita sia il risultato di una manipolazione non necessaria da parte tua.
Eseguiremo il rimborso senza indebito ritardo e non oltre 14 giorni dal giorno in cui saremo informati della tua decisione di recedere dal presente contratto.
Il rimborso sarà effettuato utilizzando lo stesso mezzo di pagamento da te usato per la transazione iniziale, salvo che tu non abbia espressamente concordato altrimenti; in ogni caso, non dovrai sostenere alcun costo quale conseguenza di tale rimborso.
Possiamo trattenere il rimborso finché non avremo ricevuto i beni oppure finché non avrai fornito la prova di averli rispediti, a seconda di quale condizione si verifichi per prima.
Dovrai rispedire i beni o consegnarli a Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, Illinois, U.S.A., senza indebito ritardo e, in ogni caso, entro 14 giorni dal giorno in cui ci hai comunicato la tua volontà di recedere dal presente contratto. Il termine è rispettato se rispedisci i beni prima della scadenza del periodo di 14 giorni. I costi diretti della restituzione dei beni saranno a tuo carico. Sei responsabile solo della diminuzione del valore dei beni risultante da una manipolazione diversa da quella necessaria per stabilire la natura, le caratteristiche e il funzionamento dei beni stessi.
Eccezioni al diritto di recesso
Il diritto di recesso non si applica a:
- La fornitura di giornali, periodici o riviste ad eccezione dei contratti di abbonamento; e
- La fornitura di contenuto digitale non fornito su un supporto materiale (ad es. su un CD o DVD), se al momento dell'invio dell'ordine hai accettato l'inizio dell'esecuzione e hai riconosciuto che non avresti potuto recedere una volta iniziata l'esecuzione.
Condizioni di spedizione
Orders usually ship within 2 business days. All books within the US ship free of charge. Delivery is 4-14 business days anywhere in the United States.
Books ship from California and Michigan.
If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.