The Kidnapped President
A seafaring officer narrates how a routine posting on a liner devolves into turmoil after the arrival of a fastidious new captain whose petty strictness creates acrimony among the crew. Life aboard shifts from mundane duties and social diversions to suspense when a mysterious passenger becomes implicated in a clandestine plot. The narrator is drawn into participation in or resistance to a daring abduction of a prominent public figure, confronting moral risk, danger, and the consequences of bold criminal enterprise as events force him from comfortable routines into violent, high-stakes action.
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A seafaring officer narrates how a routine posting on a liner devolves into turmoil after the arrival of a fastidious new captain whose petty strictness creates acrimony among the crew. Life aboard shifts from mundane duties and social diversions to suspense when a mysterious passenger becomes implicated in a clandestine plot. The narrator is drawn into participation in or resistance to a daring abduction of a prominent public figure, confronting moral risk, danger, and the consequences of bold criminal enterprise as events force him from comfortable routines into violent, high-stakes action.
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