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Mariner's Ark
Mariner's Ark
Mariner's Ark
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Mariner's Ark

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Mother Nature declares war on the West Coast in this“terrifying, suspenseful, and vividly told” action thriller: “A must for high-seas-adventure fans” (Booklist).
 
Richard and Robin Mariner are in Long Beach, California, overseeing the arrival of their container ship, Sulu Queen. From there, the adventuresome couple plan to join their friend Nic aboard his fifty-million-dollar motor yacht as he races his daughter in an Olympic-standard Katapult multihull down the coast to Mexico.
 
But when a catastrophic once-in-a-thousand-years megastorm known as an ARkStorm overwhelms them, Richard and Robin are forced to turn the Sulu Queen into a real Noah’s ark. Richard must guide her into the deadliest weather the Pacific has ever seen as he fights to save those closest to him—as well as countless other lives.
 
Readers who batten down the hatches and keep the Dramamine handy should enjoy the rough but rewarding ride.” —Publishers Weekly on Thunder Bay
 
“Tense, action-packed and authentic-feeling, especially in its welcome attention to maritime detail.” —Kirkus Reviews on Deadly Impact
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Release dateMay 1, 2015
ISBN9781780106328
Mariner's Ark
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Peter Tonkin

Peter Tonkin was born in Ulster, son of an RAF officer. He spent much of his youth travelling the world from one posting to another. He went to school at Portora Royal, Enniskillen and Palmer's, Grays. He sang, acted, and published poetry, winning the Jan Palac Memorial Prize in 1968. He studied English with Seamus Heaney at Queen's Belfast. In his year were Paul Muldoon, Bernard MacLaverty and Ciaran Hinds.

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    I have not read previous installments in this series. I picked this up for two reasons: 1. I'd recently read a book by a different author from the same publisher and enjoyed that one and 2. the word ark in the title reminded me of the Biblical story of Noah's ark and the back cover blurb promised a comparison.The story was too long on set up in the beginning. It's chapter 12 or 13 before they even get out to sea. By then, I was wondering if the big storm was ever going to come. For me, the characters weren't compelling enough for me to want to keep pushing on with reading, so if I had a chance to read a book I thought I'd like better, I was quick to do that rather than picking up this one.

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