SCEND OF THE SEA – 1971

ISBN:   978-1-4401-7765-1

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scend_of_the_sea_smaller scend_of_the_sea_smallWeaving fact and fiction into the fabric of an absorbing novel of adventure, Geoffrey Jenkins has written one of his most imaginative stories. One of the greatest maritime mysteries was the sinking without trace of the crack Blue Anchor liner Waratah off the coast of South Africa in 1909. There were no survivors,no witnesses.

In 1976 a Viscount airliner of the S.A. airlines disappeared without trace or explanation for these two tragedies.

Now Geoffrey Jenkins has linked them dramatically by way of three generations of Fairlies: Douglas Fairlie, first officer of the Waratah, Bruce Fairlie pilot of the Viscount, and Ian Fairlie, the hero of this novel.

Ian Fairlie grew up with the inflexible determination to solve the mystery, not only for personal reasons, but because he felt and knew, as captain of the weathership Walvis Bay, that no shipping or offshore oil exploration would be safe until the mystery had been solved.

In the face of official opposition, in the face of terrifying seas and gales, risking career and life, he became the only Failie to break the deadly fate that had trapped other Fairlies, and proved that his obsession was justified.

This he did with the loyal help of the beautiful and enigmatic Tafline, whose involvement brings the story to its tremendous climax.

“A novel that so inspired me, I have spend my life searching for the lost ship SS Waratah”.
Emlyn Brown