Hungry as the Sea

Name: Hungry as the Sea
Rating: 4.5 (3131 reviews)

by Wilbur Smith

First published 1978

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Nick Berg has lost control of his shipping empire, his marriage and contact with his son. His remaining asset is the salvage tug Warlock, which he commands in the hope of rebuilding his professional and financial position. The rescue depends on the law and technology of deep-sea salvage as much as personal courage, because ownership of a distressed vessel may be worth a commercial empire.

A distress call from an Antarctic cruise ship offers both a rescue mission and a confrontation with the rival who displaced him. Ice, storms and commercial law turn maritime salvage into a struggle over responsibility, profit and personal recovery. Its ships, aircraft and corporate disputes are contemporary, so the book should remain outside the historical-context system.