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1971. Scend of the Sea by Geoffrey Jenkins

1973, Fontana, pbk
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• Scend of the Sea [top]
  Written by Geoffrey Jenkins
  First published in 1971 in Great Britain by William Collins
  First published in 1973 in Great Britain by Fontana in paperback in 1973, 190pp. Original UK retail price: 30 pence. New Zealand $1.00; Canada $1.25 and Australia $1.00
  Published by iUniverse on 22nd September 2009 in paperback, ISBN 1440177651

Storyline: In 1909 the crack Blue Anchor Liner, the Waratah, sinks without trace, or survivors, off the coast of South Africa. In 1967, the Gemsbok, a Viscount airliner of South African Airways disappears in exactly the same place. To some it is merely an uncanny mystery. To others a tragedy. People like Ian Fairlie, captain of the weather ship Walvis Bay-whose fater was the pilot of the Gemsbok and whose grandfather was the first officer of the Waratah. Ian Fairlie has sworn that he will resolve the mystery. But to do so, he must face cyclonic winds and mountainous seas, risking his ship, his life and the life of the woman he loves...

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