Synopsis
1872 From the turquoise blue waters of Polynesia to the grimy alleys of New York City, the chase is on.
Civil War hero and adventurer Thomas Scoundrel is working as an investigative journalist in San Francisco, where he pens an exposé of a powerful businessman and is marked for death. He stows away on a warship bound for Hawaii, wins a sugar plantation in a poker hand, and battles missionary bankers, loan-collecting Tahitian warriors, Irish gang leaders, a ruthless assassin and the most powerful figures in the world of fine art.
From a starlit swim in a cobalt lagoon with the Princess of the Kingdom of Hawai'i, to hand-to-hand combat with a legendary South Seas fighter, and a race to stay a step ahead of the growing number of killers bent on seeing him dead, Thomas risks everything for his friends and the woman he loves.Along the way he trades stories with Jules Verne and Ulysses S. Grant, plays a leading role in the birth of Impressionistic art, and inspires a young Teddy Roosevelt to break out of his pampered shell and embrace a life of vigorous adventure.
Thomas Scoundrel is no stranger to death and danger, but in Passage to Moorea he faces a trial whose devastating consequences will change his life forever.
About the Author
B.R. O'Hagan went to UCLA and taught history for several years before going to work in film and television. He did series development for two Hollywood studios and was a script-doctor for a host of Los Angeles-based film and TV writers before returning to his native Oregon, where he purchased a 19th century farmhouse at the literal 'end' of a graveled country road. Over the next two decades he built a reputation as one of the leading ghostwriters in the nation, producing articles and books for more than a dozen Fortune 100 CEOs, as well as national political figures, university presidents, entertainment figures, jurists, and retired senior military officers. B.R. has ghost-authored 24 published books, including several national bestsellers, with over 1.5 million copies sold. In addition, he has authored more than a hundred articles and opinion pieces for clients that have appeared in national and international publications. B.R. has moved from ghost-writing to producing his own works. He published the novel Martin's Way, the family Christmas book, Jonathan Marvel's Christmas Pockets, and 7 Prologues, a compilation of introductory pieces he did for books about some of his ghostwriting subjects. His newest release is Passage to Moorea, the second book in the Thomas Scoundrel historical fiction series. B.R. lives in the Willamette Valley, where he writes in a converted barn in the pasture behind his home, just minutes from some of the finest pinot noir vineyards in the world.
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