The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea

"The Iron Pirate: A Plain Tale of Strange Happenings on the Sea" by Max Pemberton is a late 19th-century adventure where a young man named Mark Strong meets the peculiar Perfect Fool, setting them on a course filled with maritime mysteries and danger. Starting with a seemingly normal trip from Calais to Paris, Mark, along with friends and the strange Martin Hall, soon finds himself entangled in a secret with potential deadly consequences. Hall's odd behavior and veiled warnings quickly turn their journey into a mission, tasking Mark with a mysterious duty if he fails to return in three days, highlighting a mix of friendship and looming peril as they venture into an adventure tied to the shadowed world of the sea.