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For all lovers of maritime adventure comes an electrifying thriller of treachery and peril on the high seas featuring a dynamic new heroine, from multi-award-nominated suspense star Owen Laukkanen.In the high-stakes world of deep-sea salvage, an ocean disaster can mean a huge payoff--if you can survive the chase.McKenna Rhodes has never been able to get the sight of her father's death out of her mind. A freak maritime accident has made her the captain of the salvage boat Gale Force, but it's also made her cautious, sticking closer to the Alaska coastline. She and her crew are just scraping by, when the freighter Pacific Lion, out of Yokohama, founders two hundred miles out in a storm.This job is their last chance--but there is even more at stake than they know. Unlisted on any manifest, the Lion's crew includes a man on the run carrying fifty million dollars in stolen Yakuza bearer bonds. The Japanese gangsters want the money. The thief's associates want the money. Another salvage ship, far bigger and more powerful than Gale Force, is racing to the rendezvous as well. And the storm rages on. If McKenna can't find a way to prevail, everything she loves--the ship, her way of life, maybe even her life itself--will be lost.Filled with bravery, betrayal, sudden twists, and pure excitement, Gale Force is a spectacular new adventure from the fast-rising suspense star.



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Owen Laukkanen

Owen Laukkanen is the Anthony-, Barry-, and Thriller Award- nominated author of nine critically acclaimed thrillers, including the bestselling Stevens and Windermere FBI series, the Jess Winslow/Mason Burke books DECEPTION COVE and LONE JACK TRAIL, as well as the maritime adventure GALE FORCE. His young adult thriller THE WILD is currently in development with director Patrick Brice at HBOMax. A former commercial fisherman and professional poker journalist, Laukkanen lives in Vancouver, Canada, and spends most of his free time adventuring in the wilderness with his rescue pitbull, Lucy.Website: www.owenlaukkanen.comInstagram: @Owen Laukkanen Twitter: @Owen Laukkanen Facebook: @TheOwenLaukkanenBlog: www.hashtagprojectnomad.com



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