GAVINO EBEJER – A ninety-five-year-old Maltese man who served as a Royal Navy mechanic at the Lazaretto Submarine Base in World War II.
CAPTAIN DANYAL PAMUK – A captain with the Turkish Jandarma in Marmaris.
SISTER OLA – A nun from Jordan.
1942 Timeline
COMMANDER DAVID WANKLYN* – The British captain of the submarine HMS Upholder.
CAPTAIN ROBERT “TUG” WILSON* – A British Army commando with the Special Boat Unit.
CHARLIE PARKER* – A British Army commando with the Special Boat Unit.
CAPTAIN “SHRIMP” SIMPSON* – Base commander at the Royal Navy’s Lazaretto Submarine Base.
1798 Timeline
ALONSO MONTRAS D’ARAGON – The youngest and last Maltese Knight to captain his own corsair vessel.
NIKOLA – Alonso’s first mate, who is twice the young captain’s age.
ARZELLA BRUN – The daughter of a silversmith.
PIERRE BRUN* – The most famous silversmith from Malta, he was born in France and moved to Malta to work for the Knights.
UNCLE EDWARD – Arzella’s uncle, brother of her now-dead English mother.
MADAME BENIER – The widow who is renting the upstairs apartment over the Bruns’ silversmith shop and studio.
GRAND MASTER HOMPESCH* – The last grand master of the Knights during their two-hundred-year stay in Malta.
I would like to thank the following people: David Downing, Terry Goodman, Anh Schluep, Kjersti Egerdahl, JoVon Sotak, Alan Turkus, Alexander Ellul of Malta, Terry and Carole Hogan of the S/V Common Sense, Pete Peterson of the S/V Brilliant, Philip Duss of the S/V Blue Bie, Brian Barnes, Lia Barnes, Steve Gray, Tim Kling, my readers, family, and friends, and my husband, Wayne Hodgins.
Photo © 2015 Philip Duss
Christine Kling has spent more than thirty years messing about with boats. It was her sailing experience that led her to write her first four-book suspense series about Florida female tug and salvage captain Seychelle Sullivan. Christine earned an MFA in creative writing from Florida International University, and her articles, essays, and short stories have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. Her new Shipwreck Adventure thrillers—Circle of Bones, Dragon’s Triangle, and Knight’s Cross—feature the adventures of a female sailor and a maritime archeologist. Having retired from her job as an English professor at Broward College in Fort Lauderdale, Christine now makes her home aboard a fifty-two-foot motor sailer, and she is cruising the South Pacific with her family, including Barney, the Yorkshire Terror, and Ruby, the Wonder Dog. You can learn more about her real and fictional sailing adventures by visiting www.christinekling.com.
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