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Seized

Seized A Sea Captain's Adventures Battling Pirates and Recovering Stolen Ships in the World's Most Troubled Waters

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Publisher's Synopsis

Capt. Max Hardberger uses every trick, tool and tactic at his disposal to right wrongs and out-pirate pirates in this action-packed exposé of the seedy underworld of international shipping. As a professional ship extractor, he risks death and imprisonment in dangerous third-world ports to steal ships from modern buccaneers and corrupt governments and deliver them back to their rightful owners.

In the course of his adventures, he's had to outwit resourceful crime families, subdue armed soldiers, and turn the tables on clever con artists. He's escaped imprisonment in Venezuela and avoided death at the hands of the Russian mafia. Because Max shuns the use of force, the ingenious methods he must use to accomplish his missions are the stuff of legend he's employed a witch doctor in Haiti, tricked armed guards off a ship in Honduras, and rented a brothel in Mexico, all to thwart the designs of ship-thieves.

Seized! is an intense, fast-paced window on the underbelly of ocean shipping, where all power comes from the barrel of a gun, and the only law is the law of survival.

About the Publisher

Nicholas Brealey Publishing

Nicholas Brealey Publishing is an independent publisher with a reputation for innovative and engaging books, and offices on both sides of the Pond. For almost two decades we have been publishing high-quality and thought-provoking business books with international appeal. Over time the list grew to focus also on adjacent fields like personal development and popular psychology and we are now expanding further into narrative non-fiction, notably adventure and travel writing.

Book information

ISBN: 9781857885569
Publisher: John Murray Press
Imprint: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Pub date:
DEWEY: 364.164092
DEWEY edition: 22
Language: English
Number of pages: 294
Weight: 328g
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Spine width: 23mm