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PJMcK

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2. "The Shipkiller"
Sat Aug 31, 2019, 11:48 AM
Aug 2019

This is a 1978 thriller written by Justin Scott. It's the story of a man whose wife dies when their ocean-gong sailboat is run down by the world's largest oil tanker. The man discovers that he doesn't have any legal recourse against the captain or the ship's owners so he decides to sink the tanker.

He buys a new sailboat and outfits it to hunt down the tanker. Through the help of a rogue Mossad agent, he obtains a rocket launcher and chases the tanker across several oceans while he is pursued by various navies from the middle east.

It's a well-written and exciting thriller and the author captures life at sea exquisitely. It has a terrific ending, too!

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