Liner

by Noel B. Gerson

America's finest ocean-going liner - the U.S.S. Columbia - has been returned to active service. Her engines rebuilt, her fittings restored, she stands ready to take her place among the great ships of the world.

David Bowen, ranking officer of the Columbia Lines, had expected the coveted assignment as master of the Columbia. But Commodore John Everett, a retired Naval war hero, is brought in for the job, and Bowen is forced to settle for second in command. The inevitable confrontation between these two first-rate, strong-willed officers forms the basis for a superb tale of adventure - ending in a stunning climax on the high seas, in the midst of a violent hurricane...

Genres: Thriller

326 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1977

About the author

Noel Bertram Gerson (1913-1988) was an American author who wrote 325 books, including several best sellers, among them two screenplay novelizations penned under the pseudonym Samuel Edwards, The Naked Maja, and 55 Days at Peking.

Aside from "Samuel Edwards", which would seem to have been his dedicated by-line for tie-in work, Gerson used the following nine pseudonyms in addition to his own name: Anne Marie Burgess; Michael Burgess; Nicholas Gorham; Paul Lewis; Leon Phillips; Donald Clayton Porter; Dana Fuller Ross; Philip Vail; and Carter A. Vaughan.

Reviews

[Melanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

In some strange way I really liked this book, but I can't really explain why. I'm not a big fan of ships or anything, I think what I liked the best was the main character's firmness for what is right and keeping to what he finds right no matter the cost.