Three stories of 1912. In ‘A Smile of Fortune’ a young captain is drawn into a strange bargain on a tropical island; in ‘The Secret Sharer’ a newly appointed captain hides a fugitive who has killed a man on another ship; and in ‘Freya of the Seven Isles’ a trader’s daughter and her lover face a jealous Dutch naval officer.
Contains ‘The Secret Sharer’, one of the finest short works in English, and two strong tales of the Eastern seas. Download the free EPUB.