The Ghost Ship

by Graeme Bourke

Overview

Joshua Devlin is a ten-year old boy living on the west coast of England in 1988. An adventurous lad who finds a cave and a boat. He takes the boat out of the cave where one of the oars breaks and he is swept out to sea. A day later he is picked up by an old sailing ship. This is no ordinary ship. He learns that he has somehow been swept back in time.
Trapped in time he learns the way of a sailor, the way of a buccaneer while fallling in love with the beautiful Maria, a young Spanish girl. She in turn loves him but both realise their love is but forlorn optimism as they belong to different classes.
They live in hope that one day Joshua will find a treasure and become rich, and thereby have some justification in asking for Maria's hand in marriage. Although Joshua knows that this world was not really his, he chooses to ignore the warnings in his own mind.
Eventually he is betrayed by his best friend, thus, changing his life forever.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940033015429
Publisher:	Graeme Bourke
Publication date:	01/28/2012
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	216 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

In 1985 Graeme took up fly fishing in Tasmania and during this journey he kept a diary which was used to produce his first non-fiction book "Come Fly Fish With Me," which has now been put up as an ebook. This book received wide acclaim from the fly fishing fraternity. He then completed a correspondence course on writing and began writing articles for sporting and travel magazines. In 2008 he published his second book on fishing "If Only The World Would Go Fishing." His main ambition was to write fiction, so in 2010 he published "Hawkins' Grove" which has also been converted to an ebook. These three books are available in hard copy from "Window on the World" bookshop in Ulverstone, Tasmania. Mountain Pride, The Ghost Ship,The Gates of Hell and The House of Dreams are only available as ebooks. In June of 2014 Graeme uploaded the first book in his trilogy "The Orphan and the Shadow Walker: The Awakening" the feedback has been very positive. Sales from the second and third book have been encouraging. An Ancient Warrior is his most recent fiction novel. Graeme writes book reviews for a local newsletter and from the these he has compiled the best of these reviews so If you are looking for a book to read he guarantees you will find something here. He has just published a new book called A Fortunate Destiny, a love story set in the early seventies. Tears in Thailand has now been published. This is a true story telling of Graeme's journey in Thailand, his experiences and emotions as he enjoys the land of smiles. This book has been published in Thailand and is currently available at Open House store in Central Embassy in Bangkok. Copies also available at Window on the World book store in Ulverstone, Tasmania.