In a few dramatic moments, Siren was shattered by the indifferent juggernaut. Struggling for his life, Peter Hardin felt the hand of his wife being torn from his grip as the hu It was the largest moving object on the face of the earth, but for Carolyn and Peter Hardin it was a towering wall of steel bursting out of a squall at full speed, bearing down on their ketch Siren. Struggling for his life, Peter Hardin felt the hand of his wife being torn from his grip as the huge white letters on the supertanker's stern-Leviathan--steamed away.
Thus begins an odyssey of revenge that embraces the distant waters of the world, from the titanic storms of the South Atlantic to the oil-slicked reaches of the Persian Gulf.
Selected as one of the best thrillers ever published by The Thriller Writers of America--and now back in print for the first time in twenty-five years--The Shipkiller is the story of one man determined to win at sea the justice he has been denied on land. Get A Copy. Hardcover , pages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Shipkiller , please sign up.
Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Shipkiller. This is a different kind of thriller, yet a very enjoyable one at that. Man versus monster I guess you could call it.
Once his sailboat is run over by a huge oil carrier, and with the loss of his wife, this guy sets out on a sea of revenge. I am no sailor and I have not the foggiest notion of half the nautical terms tossed out in this book but that did not matter one fig.
I really got wrapped up in how dogged and determined this guy really was to attempt to exact his pound of flesh from the Levi This is a different kind of thriller, yet a very enjoyable one at that. I really got wrapped up in how dogged and determined this guy really was to attempt to exact his pound of flesh from the Leviathan.
A very good book for those that might be looking for that newest take on the Moby Dick type of sea tale. Just watch out for sea snakes. Those things sound pretty damn nasty. Aug 13, Hpnyknits rated it it was ok. I suppose its a good book for a sailing nut who enjoys Hollywood endings. Aug 26, Jill rated it did not like it. Read this by mistake. Don't waste your time. Small sailboat meets super tanker I remember years ago when my ex-husband and I were vacationing on a 34 ft.
He hated to read so I was curious about a paperback he was reading non-stop all that week. I recently read the novel and couldn't get enough. Small pleasure sailboat meets super tanker. They collide killing the sailboat captain's wife.
When confronted, the captain of the tanker is caval Small sailboat meets super tanker When confronted, the captain of the tanker is cavalier about the tragedy and his company and country back him up.
What to do? Get revenge at any cost. The sailboat captain embarks on an adventurous quest to avenge his wife. What a tale! It can get a little technical at times describing repairs to the sailboat, etc. Jun 16, Kay Wiggins rated it really liked it. Great adventure yarn, especially if you like your adventures on the high seas. This is a modern David and Goliath story, with a foot sailing yacht vs the largest super tanker on the planet.
Some reviewers felt the story was too long, and there was too much nautical terminology. I loved all the detail, and was caught up in the tacking and jibing, fighting swells and storms, surviving being becalmed, conquering fears, to finally get to the oil fields in the Persian Gulf. The love story was inci Great adventure yarn, especially if you like your adventures on the high seas. The love story was incidental, but I felt it was well-written into the overall revenge story.
If you are even just an armchair sailor, then this book is for you. Jan 13, Jim A rated it liked it. Sort of like reading Moby Dick, only the protagonist is not going after a white whale, but a giant oil tanker named Leviathan.
Good story but just a bit too long. It could have done with fewer narratives of lowering and raising sails.
But, on the plus side, the author is certainly no stranger to sailing. An important note: This was written before the U. Embassy in Tehran was taken over by students in I had to remind myself of that while reading parts of this book. Sep 29, Luke rated it it was amazing.
Excellently '70s tale of high seas adventure and comically dodgy stereotyping. Really good in a totally popcorn way. Jan 04, Peter Wendt rated it it was amazing. Well worth reading. I read this back in the early 80s. Not a book to read while at sea sailing. Kinda like Jaws on the beach. I was looking forward to this book as it came highly recommended.
However, I like gadgets and love engineering, so the super ultra hyper mega tanker bit appealed too. But… the obsessive descriptions of every nut, bolt, cleat, spar, stay, winch, wind, wave, sail, etc, etc rapidly became boring. Our protagonist, a wealthy doctor who made a fortune by inventing an early digital t I was looking forward to this book as it came highly recommended.
Our protagonist, a wealthy doctor who made a fortune by inventing an early digital thermometer, is sunk by the tanker while sailing his boat from America to England. There he is tended by a beautiful Nigerian doctor.
As soon as he is well, he does what any rational man would do, and hatches a plot to sink the tanker using a man portable guided missile. They survive miracle. His boat is fixed, he gets even more weaponry miracle he survives attacks by the Iranian navy, and on and on. But, I did learn a lot about sailing a small boat, which only confirmed that crossing an ocean in one is a mad thing to do. New Screenplays. The Shipkiller Screenplay Download. Development This stage mainly consists of planning and conceptualising a script The Shipkiller, based off a book, another movie, a true story, or can even be an original concept.
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Thus begins an odyssey of revenge that embraces the distant waters of the world, from the titanic storms of the South Atlantic to the oil-slicked reaches of the Persian Gulf. Now back in print for the first time in twenty-five years, The Shipkiler is the story of one man determined to win at sea the justice he has been denied on land.
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