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  • Madam Pearl, Tide of Shadows
    Clifford Farris
    A tough, lovesick sailor comes back to San Francisco for the woman he loves. He sees that she is a newlywed. The descent into the shadowy world of deceitful madams, brutal tycoons, and a new love in 1856 becomes his greatest challenge.Bjorn confronts his inner demons, impulsiveness, and immaturity within the city of gold and fire. Though heroic, the man has flaws, makes errors,...
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    17,22 €

  • Secret Smuggler of the Sea
    Clifford Farris
    Best seafaring companions, Bjorn and Porter, are in bitter conflict. Youthful, ambitious, and naïve, they watch lascars hoist chests on their ship Agilis. Each box says Patna Opium. It is 1854 Calcutta.Porter can use the profits in China to own the vessel, but the officials ban opium and behead smugglers. Bjorn despises the venture. He lost a fellow miner to the opium dens in S...
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    16,03 €

  • The New Viking Gold Mine
    Clifford Farris
    Bjorn Amundson is under a curse. It begins a thousand years ago when the Rollo the Viking loses a battle and blames Amundson’s ancestor. Rollo founds Normandy and forgets the curse. Bjorn’s mine in the 1850 gold rush at Sacramento breaks the curse—or does it? The imposing young man sails from Norway to become a resourceful sailor, but cannot read. Sam Brannan, ruthless storeown...
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    16,06 €

  • Agilis Rising Under Sail
    Clifford Farris
    Porter, a young man, is obsessed. He jumps ship to join the 1849 California gold rush. Bjorn and the crew rush to Sacramento. Their ship Agilis is abandoned in the San Francisco harbor. Bjorn is a natural gold miner, but Porter hates the search for riches and returns to Agilis as the second mate. The owner wagers his vessel on a race to Honolulu for food to feed hungry forty-ni...
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    16,04 €