"A Desperate Voyage" by E. F. Knight is a story about a lawyer named Henry Carew who throws away his career by gambling away the trust fund that belonged to the people who hired him. With public shame around the corner, he considers suicide, but then he gets invited by a friend for a cruise and makes a last-minute decision to escape instead, which makes things even darker on the sea and puts him in tough situations where he has to make very difficult choices.
A Desperate Voyage
By E. F. (Edward Frederick) Knight
A disgraced lawyer, facing total ruin, makes a desperate escape to sea, where his past sins and questionable new companions could sink him for good.
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About the AuthorEdward Frederick Knight was an English barrister, soldier, journalist, and author of 20 books, many based on his dispatches as a war correspondent.
Edward Frederick Knight was an English barrister, soldier, journalist, and author of 20 books, many based on his dispatches as a war correspondent.
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