The Ghost Ship

Written by Kate Mosse

Narrated by Hattie Morahan

Adventure and heartbreak on the high seas

The Barbary Coast, 1621.

A mysterious vessel floats silently on the water. It is known only as the Ghost Ship.

For months it has hunted pirates to liberate those enslaved by corsairs, manned by a courageous crew of mariners from Italy and France, Holland and the Canary Islands.

But the bravest men on board are not who they seem. And the stakes could not be higher. If arrested, they will be hanged for their crimes. Can they survive the journey and escape their fate?

A sweeping and epic love story, ranging from France in 1610 to Amsterdam and the Canary Islands in the 1620s, The Ghost Ship is a thrilling novel of adventure and buccaneering, love and revenge, stolen fortunes and hidden secrets on the high seas.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
• Release date: Jul 11, 2023
• ISBN: 9798889566274

Kate Mosse

Kate Mosse CBE FRSL is an award-winning novelist, playwright, performer, campaigner, interviewer and non-fiction writer. The author of ten novels and short-story collections, her books have been translated into thirty-eight languages and published in more than forty countries. Fiction includes the multimillion-selling Languedoc Trilogy (Labyrinth, Sepulchre, Citadel), The Joubert Family Chronicles (The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears, The Ghost Ship, The Map of Bones) and No 1 bestselling Gothic fiction including The Taxidermist’s Daughter and The Winter Ghosts. Her highly-acclaimed non-fiction includes An Extra Pair of Hands: A Story of Caring & Everyday Acts of Love and Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries: How Women (Also) Built the World, which inspired her one-woman theatre touring show. A regular guest on radio and television for literature, Kate hosts the pre-show interview series at Chichester Festival Theatre and is a regular interviewer for literary and arts festivals including Letters Live, the Hay Festival, the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the British Library and the Royal National Theatre. Her new podcast, The Matilda Effect, will be launched in summer 2024. The Founder Director of the Women’s Prize for Fiction and the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction – the world’s largest annual literary awards celebrating writing by woman - she is the founder of the global #WomanInHistory campaign and has her own monthly YouTube book show, Mosse on a Monday. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Kate is also an Honorary Fellow of the Society of Authors, a Visiting Professor of Contemporary Fiction and Creative Writing at the University of Chichester and President of the Festival of Chichester. In the broader arts, Kate is President of the Festival of Chichester, Patron of the Chichester Cathedral Festival of Flowers 2024, Vice-Patron of the Chichester Cathedral Platinum Music Trust and Patron of the Chichester Festival of Music, Dance and Speech. She is also an Ambassador for Parkinsons UK.

Reviews for The Ghost Ship

[balthazar0lawson · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

"NUMA? Aren't they a bunch of marine biologists or something?The answer to that is yes they are. Except in this book as they act more like spies trying to prevent a catastrophe, going so far as too go into North Korea to follow a lead. This book is an action thriller totally unlike anything NUMA would normally do. It plays heavily on Kurt Austin's former life as a CIA operative. It is as if he never left.Perhaps that is why I found this more enjoyable than some of the other books in the series. It also calls into the question the need for the Trouts as they play a minor role that doesn't add hugely to the main story line. It's more of a side story, interesting enough in itself, with a bit of relevance to the story, however if it was removed the story would still hold up. The book would just have a different title.An enjoyable read.

[jamespurcell · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Lively entry in this good series as a NUMA team tries to rescue a fair lady and prevent a massive attack on worldwide computer operations. Venues change rapidly as Kurt and Joe pursue the Indian Ocean based kingpins of this deep and well-planned plot.

[steven.wade · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

When one of the best characters of all time goes down hurt, your heart breaks a little. When it shows up that he's being altered by modern medicine, you want to throw your arms up in frustration. Cussler's characters leap of the page at you and make you excited and sad and angry and when it all ends, you almost need a vacation. Love this author, love this book.

[dswaddell · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A good read. Kurt Austin and his friend Joe chase international criminals. Not as good as the Dirk Pit series but a good story.