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The Ebb-Tide: A Trio and Quartette

Three men down on their luck in Tahiti agree to ship out on a vessel whose officers have died of smallpox. Their desperate venture inspires them to a further idea: they will steal the schooner and its cargo of champagne, sell them, and live a plentiful life. The thought is intoxicating... and so is the cargo, which they sample. Inattention nearly brings them to grief in a sudden storm. This sobering experience is followed by another — apparently the dead officers had a similar ambition! — and their dreams of riches vanish.

Then, nearly out of provisions and deep in the heart of the Pacific where the chart shows no land — they happen on a small isle only hinted at in the records and never mapped. Saved! But what is this? The island hides a pearl fishery?

In the ebb-tide of fortune, what new villainy will the three attempt? (Summary by Mark F. Smith)

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 112
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781406946598
  • Settings
  • Tahiti, Polynesia
  • Genres
  • classics, fiction, adventure, audiobook, literature
  • Release date
  • 2006