The Coin of the Realm

Revised Edition: 2025

Based on the author's own experiences in the U.S. Merchant Marine, The Coin of the Realm captures life on a decrepit tramp freighter, the horrors of the modern slave trade, and the menacing labyrinth of North Africa in this powerful story of a young seafarer trying to evade his fate, who instead finds the courage to run headlong into it. A classic adventure-filled with revenge, romance, danger, discovery, and the mystery of illumination.