Macedonia Passage: Dangerous Cargo
by 
Wright Gres
Synopsis
"MACEDONIA PASSAGE: DANGEROUS CARGO" is a modern day sailing adventure with a touch of Balkan politics and a hint of romance.
The original captain and cook have mysteriously disappeared and a sinister cargo is hidden in the yacht’s bilges when Captain Frank Brown is hired by the owners to sail the schooner across the Atlantic and into the Mediterranean. When things begin to heat up, the beautiful and enigmatic Turkish intelligence agent, Nevser Akkaya Chase, joins Brown and his crew as they work to figure out just what kind of adventure and danger they're in, who they can trust, and how they can stay alive.
The original captain and cook have mysteriously disappeared and a sinister cargo is hidden in the yacht’s bilges when Captain Frank Brown is hired by the owners to sail the schooner across the Atlantic and into the Mediterranean. When things begin to heat up, the beautiful and enigmatic Turkish intelligence agent, Nevser Akkaya Chase, joins Brown and his crew as they work to figure out just what kind of adventure and danger they're in, who they can trust, and how they can stay alive.
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Genre
Classification
Fiction
Pages
496
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Inspiration
A six-month adventure aboard the private yacht "Marie Pierre," a stays'l schooner of about 108' length on deck, that included the de rigueur stop at Horta in the Azores, a couple days at Gibraltar and a stop at Alicante, Spain followed by a month or so of work in a Porto Santo Stefano, Italy, ship yard. Then we picked up the owner and her party in Greece, and spent the next four months or so visiting countless large and small ports and secluded anchorages in Greece and the southwest Turkish coast before making it up to Istanbul.
The voyage, my daily journal and photos, my Walter Mitty fantasy life, and the follow up research afterwards to learn more about the places, the history, and the politics of where I'd been gradually evolved into "Macedonia Passage: Dangerous Cargo."
The voyage, my daily journal and photos, my Walter Mitty fantasy life, and the follow up research afterwards to learn more about the places, the history, and the politics of where I'd been gradually evolved into "Macedonia Passage: Dangerous Cargo."
Dedication
In memory of my mother, Katherine Waller Gres, and for my granddaughter, Emma MacKenzie Gres.
Publisher
RiverHouse Books
Publication Year
2007
ISBN-13
9780978953508
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Excerpt (posted with permission by author)
Chapter 1
"Every man wants to live long, but no man wants to be old." -- Turkish proverb
Pietro Louka lowered the field glasses. "At last!" he whispered in Greek to his two companions. "They are lieaving now." He watched the small Boston Whaler slowly motor away from a large schooner and meander its way through the maze of darkened boats anchored in the harbor.
"Every man wants to live long, but no man wants to be old." -- Turkish proverb
Pietro Louka lowered the field glasses. "At last!" he whispered in Greek to his two companions. "They are lieaving now." He watched the small Boston Whaler slowly motor away from a large schooner and meander its way through the maze of darkened boats anchored in the harbor.