Storm Warning
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the dying days of World War II, when the seas themselves become a theatre of desperate survival, Jack Higgins crafts a taut and breathless maritime thriller in Storm Warning. The novel chronicles the harrowing voyage of a German sailing ship crewed by a ragged band of survivors — nuns, prisoners of war, and enemy sailors bound together by the shared will to live — as they attempt a perilous crossing of the Atlantic under the ever-present threat of Allied naval forces. With the swastika flying above a vessel wholly unfit for war, the crew must navigate not only treacherous waters and savage storms, but the impossible moral contradictions of a conflict drawing to its bloody close. Higgins, the bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed, demonstrates his masterful command of pacing and atmosphere, weaving together vivid action sequences with moments of profound human tension. His characters are never simply heroes or villains but flawed, driven individuals caught in the grinding machinery of history — a hallmark of his finest work. Storm Warning stands as a compelling testament to the author's ability to find intimate, deeply personal drama within the vast sweep of global conflict, and its final pages leave an indelible question hanging in the salt-heavy air: when the war is over, what does survival truly cost?
Author: Jack Higgins
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In the dying days of World War II, when the seas themselves become a theatre of desperate survival, Jack Higgins crafts a taut and breathless maritime thriller in Storm Warning. The novel chronicles the harrowing voyage of a German sailing ship crewed by a ragged band of survivors — nuns, prisoners of war, and enemy sailors bound together by the shared will to live — as they attempt a perilous crossing of the Atlantic under the ever-present threat of Allied naval forces. With the swastika flying above a vessel wholly unfit for war, the crew must navigate not only treacherous waters and savage storms, but the impossible moral contradictions of a conflict drawing to its bloody close. Higgins, the bestselling author of The Eagle Has Landed, demonstrates his masterful command of pacing and atmosphere, weaving together vivid action sequences with moments of profound human tension. His characters are never simply heroes or villains but flawed, driven individuals caught in the grinding machinery of history — a hallmark of his finest work. Storm Warning stands as a compelling testament to the author's ability to find intimate, deeply personal drama within the vast sweep of global conflict, and its final pages leave an indelible question hanging in the salt-heavy air: when the war is over, what does survival truly cost?