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By Sheer Pluck    by Roger Kean
Price: $2.99 USD. 86700 words. Published on April 21, 2010. .

In 1873, orphaned at 15 and penniless, Frank Hargate, too proud to accept help from others, determines to make his own way in life and joins an explorer's expedition to darkest West Africa. Among new friends, he struggles against staggering odds to survive hostile nature, cannibals, disease and the bloody Ashanti war. From the horrors, a man aspiring to help others toward a better life is forged.
The Coin of the Realm    by Roger Dubin
Price: $7.99 USD. 85070 words. Published on May 22, 2010. .

Rick Weisman, a young American merchant seafarer, inherits a priceless relic of the Romanov dynasty, and the legend which has followed it through the ages: that he who bears the Zevi Coin will be led to whatever his soul is seeking, be it love, gold, glory, or God. So begins Rick's journey across the Atlantic and into the labyrinth of North Africa. What he finds there will change his life forever.
The Whales    by Stephen Bishop
Price: $2.50 USD. 4470 words. Published on October 12, 2010. .

Whale watching off the Southern California Coast in your boat is always exciting and relatively benign. But it is possible to get into trouble. We did one day.
Martian Knights & Other Tales    by Stephen D. Sullivan
Price: $4.99 USD. 74290 words. Published on January 22, 2011. .

Four E-Books & More for One Low Price! Combined in this revised & corrected omnibus of Stephen D. Sullivan's tales are the stories from the E-Books: Ghosts of 9/11, Tricks & Treats, The Gift of the Dragons, Forever Crimson -- and, for the first time: Martian Knights, and Coils of the Python, plus the author's story notes. Don't miss this outstanding collection!
Rough Sea Justice    by James Cassaday
Price: $4.99 USD. 73510 words. Published on June 3, 2011. .

All of us have experienced feelings of frustration, even anger, when Law Courts find the victims of robbery or assault to be guilty of using excessive force in defending themselves or their property. Now read one fictional, but possible case featured in Rough Sea Justice,and smile (at times) as the author introduces the trials and tribulations of one such victim.......
Damsel in Distress    by Jamie McNabb
Price: $2.99 USD. 13550 words. Published on June 4, 2011. .

(SHORT STORY, BONUS) Life and death in the frigid waters of the North Pacific Ocean! A freighter loses a clutch of cargo containers overboard. All but one sinks. The currents propel it into the same north-south shipping lane that Damsel, a forty-foot sailboat, plies. In one grinding, terrifying instant the steel-walled monster gives Damsel's owners more to deal with than their inexperience..
The Hero of Cape Lonely Light    by Geoff Williams
Price: $0.99 USD. 3710 words. Published on June 22, 2011. .

An epic sea saga of danger, destruction, death, and redemption. An old lighthouse keeper and his remarkable cat overcome their fears to face a storm that threatens their lives, their lighthouse, and a ship caught in its deadly grip.
The Lube Oil Purifier    by Carl Obermeier
Price: Free! 1130 words. Published on July 12, 2011. .

The Captain may be in command of the ship, but it's the Senior Chief's engineroom. Adapted from the upcoming novel, Tales of the Navy.
Reaper of Dreams    by Debra Holland
Price: $2.99 USD. 88640 words. Published on August 8, 2011. .

Book two in the Gods' Dream Trilogy, endorsed by the late Andre Norton, The Grand Dame of Science Fiction and Fantasy.
A Pirate of the Caribbees    by Richard Philbrick
Price: $2.99 USD. 77560 words. Published on September 7, 2011. .

Pedro Morillo is the most feared pirate in the Caribbean. He swoops down on merchant ships of all nations but has a special hatred for the English. Rarely does any victim escape to tell the tale. Filled with pitched battles at sea, kidnapping and hurricanes young officer Courtenay beards the lion in his den for a final showdown to the death in the tradewinds.