Her Mystery Still Unsolved ...

Just as you should Google yourself (and your books) occasionally, I did this for the mysteriously vanished Russian Ghost Ship, the MV Lyubov Orlova, which I had instilled with new life in Books 3 – 5 of my Legends of the Winged Scarab series.

Dated November 19^th, 2017, an article by Paul Harper appeared in the UK paper The Sun. (Curiously enough, I can't find any such headline in a US paper).

 

 Image: Science Channel/WhatOnEarth

The ship has been missing for four years after being released out to sea, when on its way to be scrapped in the Dominican Republic the towline snapped and she was set adrift (a bit irresponsible, if you ask me).

“Remains of Russian ghost vessel wash up after it was invaded by hordes of cannibal RATS. Scientists believed wreckage that washed up on a Californian beach may have been the mysterious MV Lyubov Orlova.”

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/4948106/remains-of-russian-ghost-vessel-wash-up-after-it-was-invaded-by-hordes-of-cannibal-rats/

 

 Image: Science Channel/WhatOnEarth

And, yes, “my” ghost ship does feature cannibal rats (with some dire consequences) ...

To my disappointment (but also firing this writer’s imagination for another story perhaps), the article concedes at the end that this is not the Lyubov Orlova, but rather a vessel which was a former floating casino run by The Mob and called the SS Monte Carlo.

 As long as the ghost ship's whereabouts remain a mystery, this is good news for my books.

 My renamed Bucanero II (with its convenient home port of Caracas) can now sail on with unimpeded impunity under the ownership of all-around smuggler and modern-day buccaneer Lorenzo Dominguez.

Authors & Their Supporting Characters

Helen Hollick is Hosting a Fabulous 

Supporting Role Blog Hop 

December 6 through 17 

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I was given the honor of starting these Interviews on the 6th

(or being the first to jump into the dinghy to test if it leaks, if you will).

My character is - no, not Edward, as some of you who have read the Legends of the Winged Scarab might surmise - but Vergil, a pardoned pirate from Venezuela's infamous San Antonio prison on Isla Margarita.

Even though he only pops up in Book 4 (The Crystal Curse)

as a humble guard on the Bucanero II

(the refurbished "lost" real Russian ghost ship Lyubov Orlova),

and in Book 5 (The Nile Conspiracy),

on the confiscated and renamed Super Yacht Khamsin,

this dubious character begins to play a vital role in the lives

(or, shall I say, deaths) of many - some deserving, others innocent.

Here, he is taking aim at the construction site of the

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam.

 As they say, "Once a pirate, always a pirate."
(You can read more about his wily ways on the Excerpt tab.)

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6th      Inge H Borg
7th      Matthew Harffy
8th     Alison Morton
9th     Regina Jeffers
10th   Anna Belfrage
11th    Christoph Fischer
12th   Pauline Barclay
13th   Antoine Vanner
14th   Annie Whitehead
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