Secrets of Mary Celeste

Secrets of Mary Celeste is a thrilling account of the 19th century ship whose entire crew vanished without a trace. Fans of Patrick O'Brian and C.S. Forrester seafaring adventures love sailor Steve Dahill's debut novel wherein he reveals heretofore unsolved secrets behind the mystery-enshrouded American brig, her wealthy namesake, and each of the desperate players involved in her recovery efforts.  When The Mary Celeste is found adrift off the Azores Islands, Mary Celeste Briggs' devoted son, Alexander is unaware that his own father absconded with the entire family fortune, now lost at sea. The teenager hires a smuggler to rescue his family. Through nefarious backchannels, the cruel smuggler captain is privy to the fortune, and aims to steal it. Will his lonely daughter help Alexander Briggs outwit the smuggler in a desperate race to find his missing family before they perish? Spanning the "e;Age of Sail"e; era of smugglers, privateers, cutthroat slavers and clipper ship captains, Steve Dahill's historical fiction trilogy unlocks vivid, violent adventures of two seafaring New England families vying to dominate the expanding maritime economy of the early 19th century. Steve Dahill is a direct descendant of the privateer Brother of Revolutionary War hero John Barry cited as the "e;Father of the United States Navy"e;. The author is also a direct descendant of revered rebels hanged by the British during the Irish Rebellion of 1798. Dahill spent many years as an executive in the software industry in Boston, Massachusetts where he lives, overlooking the USS Constitution in Boston Harbor, and sails Riva, his racing sailboat, along the southern New England coast with his family.