Return of the Mary Celeste - Softcover

Hayes, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798985370768

Verlag: Sutra House, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

“A lively, fast-paced thriller — the mystery ship Mary Celeste heaves into view once more, and this time it's in Florida. Prepare for submersible adventures, exploding ships, wicked pharmaceutical overlords, an ageless heroine, and a mystical attachment.” — Valerie Martin, Author of The Ghost of the Mary Celeste and Orange Prize-winning Property

On November 25, 1872, every soul aboard the brigantine Mary Celeste vanished without explanation. The ship was found drifting weeks later — cargo undisturbed, log entries ending mid-morning, no bodies, no answers. It remains the most famous unsolved mystery in maritime history.

One hundred and fifty years later, Anderson Owens — overnight radio host, professional skeptic, and keeper of secrets of his own — encounters a young woman who should not exist.

Her name is Sophia. She speaks in a way no living person speaks. She carries things no living person should have. And someone very powerful, for reasons that cut to the heart of modern medicine, will stop at nothing to find her.

What Owens unravels will force him to confront the one possibility his skepticism was never built to survive.

Return of the Mary Celeste is a literary thriller of history, conspiracy, and the terrifying weight of the miraculous — for readers of The Historian, Origin, and The Constant Gardener.

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Stephen Hayes is a lifelong storyteller whose work bridges writing and visual art. A graduate of UCLA, he began his creative career as a professional illustrator and later taught art and history at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. His conceptual illustrations have appeared in publications across four continents, and his work has earned an International Association of Business Communicators Award of Excellence.His writing has been featured in Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, Chicken Soup for the Soul, American Legion Magazine, Not Your Mother's Books, and the Cat Crimes anthology series, among others. He is also the creator of The Chubby Chatterbox, a long-running blog known for its reflective autobiographical storytelling.The Return of the Mary Celeste, inspired by a lifelong fascination with adventure and maritime mystery, is Hayes's first novel and will be published by S¿tra House in March 2026. He lives with his wife, Sue, in Ridgefield, Washington.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Sutra House
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 13: 9798985370768
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 345
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