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Rakehell #1
Rakehell Dynasty
From the first time he saw the ship in full sail like a winged bird against the sky, Jonathan Rakehell knew the clipper held his destiny.
First he must persuade his New England family that the future of their shipping business lay in this amazingly fast vessel. He must build a clipper, sail it, and, in proving its worth, prove his own.
But there were others whose plans ran counter to an ambitious brother-in-law, the woman the family had chosen for him, the bribed skipper of his ship, the wily profiteers in the opium trade in faraway China, and a girl who believed in making her own destiny.
First he must persuade his New England family that the future of their shipping business lay in this amazingly fast vessel. He must build a clipper, sail it, and, in proving its worth, prove his own.
But there were others whose plans ran counter to an ambitious brother-in-law, the woman the family had chosen for him, the bribed skipper of his ship, the wily profiteers in the opium trade in faraway China, and a girl who believed in making her own destiny.
542 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published April 10, 1980
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June 25, 2014
I was having very vivid memories of reading this series on road trips when I was about 12 and enjoying them. So, I found the first one to see if I still like it. Romance novels are a bit outside my usual reading, but I couldn't find any space opera, which is my no-thinking required genre of choice.
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