Project Gutenberg 2016-10-01 Public domain in the USA. 181 Stacpoole, H. De Vere (Henry De Vere) 1863 1951 Stacpoole, Henry De Vere Stacpoole, H. de Vere Sea Plunder Produced by Roger Frank, Craig Kirkwood, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive.) "Sea Plunder" by H. De Vere Stacpoole is a fictional novel written in the early 20th century. The story centers around Captain Blood, an experienced but down-on-his-luck Irish mariner, who, alongside his crimping companion Billy Harman, gets involved in a mysterious and dubious venture involving deep-sea cables. As they accept a job from enigmatic figures, they embark on a sea adventure laden with intrigue, with themes of piracy and moral ambiguity lurking throughout their quest. The opening of the novel introduces readers to Captain Blood, who is grappling with his circumstances in San Francisco's wharves, eager for a new opportunity. Billy Harman approaches him with an offer for a ship job that includes a sizable potential payout, igniting the Captain's interest despite suspicions about its nature. As they meet their employer, Mr. Shiner, and learn more about their assignment involving cable work, Blood's instincts warn him of impending trouble, which foreshadows deeper entanglements. The narrative hints at tension between lawful sailing and the thrill of piracy, elevating Blood's character arc as he navigates a world straddling legality and treachery, underscoring the complexities of survival in a morally ambiguous environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Sailors -- Fiction PR Text Category: Adventure Category: Novels 360382 2025-07-21T08:26:50.077989 text/html 345247 2024-10-23T01:11:35 text/html 252008 2025-07-21T08:26:56.114929 application/epub+zip 248998 2025-07-21T08:26:51.120945 application/epub+zip 227842 2025-07-21T08:26:50.593935 application/epub+zip 351240 2025-07-21T08:26:59.742890 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 311210 2025-07-21T08:26:55.551944 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 290576 2022-09-24T06:20:44.631627 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 317618 2025-07-21T08:26:49.121997 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 297800 2024-10-23T01:11:35 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16817 2025-07-21T08:26:59.872922 application/rdf+xml 19434 2025-07-21T08:26:50.684950 image/jpeg 2725 2025-07-21T08:26:50.638938 image/jpeg 211840 2025-07-21T08:26:50.106973 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia