The Reckoning by Don Solosan Hardback Book 9781716584602

Norfolk VA The Baltimore Clipper the Reckoning leaves port on a 10day run to Cadiz Spain carrying the US Secretary of War on a diplomatic mission But a sudden squall send them off course into an area where the winds seldom blow and sailing ships become trapped the Sargasso Sea The crew soon discovers that the hold is full of illegal weapons their purpose shrouded in mystery And that something huge ancient and sinister lurks beneath the weeds holding their ship in place