"Seaweed" - Sailing Through History During Troubled Times

NEW YORK - May 9, 2013 - PRLog -- The protracted Cold War between the Soviet Union and the West was reaching its height in the late 1960s. Confrontation between the Arab states and Israel had forced the closure of the Suez Canal to shipping. In the Far East, a violent political war was raging in Vietnam, and across Northern Africa, a deadly famine was beginning to take its grip on the population.

In these serious times of worldwide turmoil, the gripping novel Seaweed takes place. It tells of a fictional sea voyage by the British merchant vessel M.V. Auroras. This compelling tale of sea-faring life and the events that occurred on the ship is told from the perspective of Alex Bevan, the ship’s young radio officer.

After three years of college, Alex has just completed his first voyage as a qualified ships radio officer. He returns home on leave but soon gets called to join his next ship, the M.V. Auroras. Meet the rest of the crew including the captain, a Welshman in his sixties, who likes his beer and dominates the ship with his loud penetrating voice. Read about their journey as they sail the seas during these world-shaking times.

SEAWEED (ISBN: 978-1-62212-587-6) is now available for $16.50 and can be ordered through the publisher’s website: http://sbpra.com/MelvinDouglasSmart or at www.amazon.com or www.barnesandnoble.com.

WHOLESALERS: This book is distributed by Ingram Books and other wholesale distributors. Contact your representative with the ISBN for purchase. Wholesale purchase for retailers, universities, libraries, and other organizations is also available through the publisher; please email bookorder@aeg-online-store.com.

About the Author: Melvin Douglas Smart was born in Exeter in Southwest England. Now retired as a defense engineer, he lives in a small mountain village in northern Spain. When not writing, he enjoys oil painting, hiking, and walking in the mountains. He also enjoys being close to the sea. Seaweed is the author’s first novel and was inspired by the 10 years he spent as a radio officer on various ships in the British Merchant Navy during the 1960s and ‘70s.

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