Voyager - Hardcover

Vervalin, D R

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1491848596 ISBN 13: 9781491848593

Publisher: Authorhouse, 2014

Synopsis

Bane Skiles is a handsome young man from a wealthy Hawaiian family in the early 1940s. On the verge of graduation from college, he makes plans to fulfill a boyhood dream and sail around the world alone in the family's sailboat, Voyager. He begins his journey in the fall of 1941--only to have his voyage interrupted by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Bane enlists in the Navy and soon becomes a PT boat captain with PT Boat Squadron 10, fighting in the Solomon Islands. While in love with a beautiful red haired Australian girl he finds himself having mysterious visions of a dark-haired woman covered in gold. After the war as Bane completes his voyage, he is pulled into the retrieval of a lost Biblical artifact stolen by the Nazis who believe it holds supernatural powers. In this historical novel, a world traveler is embroiled in the turmoil of World War II finds himself caught up in an adventure he never dreamed.

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About the Author

Dave VerValin attended Elmhurst High School in Fort Wayne, Indiana and graduated from Purdue University in 1972. After a tour of duty in Viet Nam from 1967-1969, Mr. VerValin continued his military career in the Indiana Air National Guard retiring at the rank of major. In his civilian life, Mr. VerValin was a construction project engineer retiring in 2013. Today Dave lives in North Aurora, Illinois with his wife Judy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1491848596
• ISBN 13: 9781491848593
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 852