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Shrader Marks: Keelhouse Paperback – April 2, 2012

by Rob Smith (Author)
4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
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-Beneath the guise of imaginative fiction, Shrader Marks: Keelhouse explores the interrelationships of technology and culture, authority and rule, storytelling and survival. Shrader Marks: Keelhouse contains the complete two-volume saga which began with Rob Smith's debut novel, Night Voices. After its release in 2006, readers who had followed Cathy Pearson, Shrader Marks, and the flotilla of Great Lakes refugees wanted more. Here is the continuation of that story, an adventure which follows the exiles in their new life along the North Atlantic coast. Keelhouse picks up the narrative five years later as a broken world begins to reshape itself. In the emerging reality of a world stripped of much of its technology, the voices which haunted Shrader on the first voyage seem benign compared with rivaling human incursions. This double volume contains both an updated Night Voices and the much anticipated first release of Keelhouse. Readers will not miss any part of the compelling action.
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  1. Print length
    444 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Drinian Press
  4. Publication date
    April 2, 2012
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.99 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0983306915
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0983306917
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Drinian Press (April 2, 2012)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 444 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0983306915
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0983306917
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.43 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.99 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 5 ratings

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Rob Smith

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Rob Smith currently lives and writes on Ohio's north coast. He enjoys sailing, and when not working on his writing, he is refurbishing an 1850’s house which was built by a ship’s carpenter turned lighthouse keeper. He is the author of six novels, but has received recognition for his poetry. In 2006 he won the Robert Frost Poetry Award given by the Frost Foundation in Lawrence, MA. He holds his undergraduate degree from Westminster College in Pennsylvania and master and doctoral degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary.

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Nita Leland
5.0 out of 5 stars A novel of an arduous journey, sailing into unknown waters on the North Atlantic in winter
Reviewed in the United States on September 11, 2016
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I read "Night Voices" several years ago and especially liked the characters, although I'm not usually interested in books that deal with apocalyptic scenarios. I found that this "Keelhouse" edition includes that first book and takes the characters on into an unknown future that is more like experiencing the past of eons ago. I really got into it this time. I like a book that explores new worlds (sailing the North Atlantic in the winter to escape natural disasters, building a colony and defending it,and much more.
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George E. Dawson
4.0 out of 5 stars FAST, FURIOUS AND FASCINATING.
Reviewed in the United States on November 15, 2012
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"There's a time when you just have to let go and deal with life as it comes."

Laced with hints of geology, mythology and anthropology, Rob Smith's exciting double-novel, 'Shrader Marks: Keelhouse,' rifles the reader with compelling characters and a riveting, page-turning, storyline, filigreed with fantasy. More stories about the early peoples of Eastern Canada (my favorite parts), or even about the Quebecois for that matter, might have hijacked my fifth star.

Recommendation: A whale of an adventure tale. An excellent read for fans of adventure, dystopia and/or fantasy--as well as fans of just plain, old-fashioned, good storytelling.

" `I know some stories,' he said, and her choice was sealed."

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Susan Youngs
5.0 out of 5 stars Much more than just a sailing adventure!
Reviewed in the United States on May 1, 2012
Doubly delighted to see the two stories were combined into one book. Once again, the author is guilty of keeping me up all night to read "just one more chapter..." of not one, but two very good stories. Could not resist reading the first story all over again.

Full of just as much action as Night Voices, Keelhouse was well worth the wait, as it took me far away with descriptions so vivid you felt you were there, holding your breath or rooting for the characters as the story unfolds....

Could we hope that maybe, someday, there might be more?

Five out of five stars for this one!
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N. B. Smith
5.0 out of 5 stars Could this really happen?
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 3, 2014
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Two books in one...this one combines both an updated version of "Night Voices" with its sequel, "Keelhouse". Shrader Marks figures prominently in both novels. He and Cathy Pearson lead a flotilla of sailors out the St. Lawrence Seaway when he begins having dreams about an unfolding global disaster, and with his anthropological knowledge of the lives of Neolithic people, he leads their flotilla north. In book two, Keelhouse, their story continues five years later, but they are not the only ones who survived the asteroid strike, the rising waters of the oceans, and global winter. A highly recommended read by this reader; it's a page turner.

The earth, having had some close calls with asteroid/meteor strikes lately, I could see this becoming a reality. So, yes, it could really happen.
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5.0 out of 5 stars awesome read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 8, 2012
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Just the right mix of sailing adventure, and fiction based story mixed in with facts to make it a believable, and enough insight to make it a scary possibility. Couldn't put it down.
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