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The Wine-Dark Sea by O'Brian, Patrick is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Wine-Dark Sea about?
SUMMARY: At the outset of this adventure filled with disaster and delight, Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin pursue a heavy American privateer through the Great South Sea. The strange color of the ocean water reminds Stephen of Homer's famous description, but it also portends a spectacular submarine volcanic eruption that will create a new island overnight and leave an indelible impression on the reader's imagination. Their ship, the Surprise, is now also a privateer, the better to escape diplomatic complications from Stephen's mission, which is to ignite the revolutionary tinder of South America. Jack will survive a desperate open-boat journey and come face to face with his illegitimate black son; Stephen, caught up in the aftermath of his failed coup, will flee for his life into the high, frozen wastes of the Andes; and Patrick O'Brian's brilliantly detailed narrative will reunite them at last in a breathtaking chase through storm seas and icebergs south of Cape Horn, where the hunters suddenly become the hunted. This is storytelling without models or equals in recent literature; critics have noted in O'Brian's great Aubrey/Maturin epic, now sixteen volumes in length, haunting echo
Who reads The Wine-Dark Sea?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- O'Brian, Patrick
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780393312447
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Philosophy, Literary Fiction, Fiction
- Rating
- 4.38 / 5 (2,050 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14