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Treachery and Treason in Canada's Sealing Fleet    by Mel McIlveen
Price: $3.99 USD. 108650 words. Published by Chris Banner on March 9, 2010. .

This is an epic love story in a period when Vancouver Island was not part of British Columbia, not part of Canada and not part of the USA, though that was an option. The hardy residents fell under the administration of the Hudson's Bay Company. This is a rivalry between two `sea dogs' played out on the sealing grounds of the Pacific North West.
Ice King    by Geoff Woodland
Price: $1.50 USD. 119960 words. Published on September 17, 2010. .

William King, son of a Liverpool slave trader, sickened by what he experienced aboard a Spanish slaver, was one of the few who spoke out against the Slave Trade. This epic has generational change, moral wickedness, greed, romance and the fortunes of war woven through the lives of King & Son, Liverpool traders. Father and son are caught up in the turmoil that preceded the British Trade Act of 1807
The Bead Merchant    by Lee McAulay
Price: $2.99 USD. 33950 words. Published on March 14, 2011. .

A swashbuckling romance of the high seas, stuffed with intrigue, suspense and passion, set in the ruthless bead markets of Murano at the twilight of the Venetian Republic. The enemy is at the border. Assassins lie round every corner. And love is in the air...
King Of The Sea    by Lee McAulay
Price: $0.99 USD. 2450 words. Published on March 21, 2011. .

Canute the Great is a king with a mission, but can he control the waves? A short story.
The Joshua Machine    by James Clay
Price: $3.00 USD. 23400 words. Published by Oestara Publishing on April 5, 2011. .

In the first half of the 1800's in Truro Massachussetts, the mysterious John Rills built a wind chime that he claimed would only sound in a wind higher than a hurricane. But John's best friend Justin has other matters on his mind, for his uncle Antrim has stolen his ship. Besides, Justin knows that there is no wind greater than that of a hurricane. "a little gem of a book." Kathryn Yelinek
Hunt of the Sea Wolves    by John Chadwell
Price: $1.99 USD. 61330 words. Published on April 7, 2011. .

Modern-day pirates aligned with al-Qaeda hijack three huge ships loaded with liquefied natural gas to use as weapons of mass destruction. A team of American and Indian Special Forces operatives must stop them before they are exploded in major port cities.
Jenny Nettles    by James D. Macdonald
Price: $0.99 USD. 3090 words. Published on April 25, 2011. .

On October the fourth of the year 1773, the brigantine Jenny Nettles, merchantman out of New Bedford, made port. No sooner was she tied up than the crew was at work with block and tackle, with hammer and chisel, unshipping the figurehead. +++ A sea story. A ghost story. +++ "Jenny Nettles," a short story from Debra Doyle and James D. Macdonald. About 3,000 words
Damsel in Distress    by Jamie McNabb
Price: $0.99 USD. 8100 words. Published on June 4, 2011. .

(SHORT STORY) 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..
Deadly Straits (For Tom Clancy & W.E.B. Griffin fans)    by R.E. McDermott
Price: $2.99 USD. 101570 words. Published on June 21, 2011. .

When Tom Dugan becomes collateral damage in the War on Terror, he doesn't take it lying down. Falsely implicated in a hijacking, he can clear himself only betraying his best friend, London ship owner Alex Kairouz. But once undercover in Alex's company, Dugan's refusal to accept Alex's guilt puts him at odds with both his CIA handlers, and a beautiful British agent with whom he's working.
In Two Minds    by Peter Tranter
Price: $1.99 USD. 92510 words. Published on September 23, 2011. .

XXX signals an American Air Force jet is missing over the Atlantic. A novice radio officer on board a ship sailing from London to Fiji via Curacao and Panama tells how he picks up the message and to his immense surprise provides the key to the eventual rescue.