My Shipmate Louise: The Romance of a Wreck, Volume 2 (of 3)

"My Shipmate Louise: The Romance of a Wreck, Volume 2 (of 3)" by W. Clark Russell is a tale set on the unforgiving sea, where trust is as fragile as the ship's hull, and peril lurks beneath every wave. Within the creaking timbers of a storm-tossed vessel, dark secrets and simmering tensions threaten to explode. Captain Keeling grapples not only with the treacherous ocean but also with the ghostly reappearance of the presumed-dead Crabb, whose return fans the flames of suspicion and hints at a brewing piracy. When fire erupts, it throws the ship into chaos, diverting initial attention from the mysterious Crabb and the captain desperately tries to steer through the resulting pandemonium. But the greatest danger looms on the horizon, as the ship hurtles towards a disastrous wreck, promising desperate struggles for survival in the face of unrelenting, unpredictable ocean.