RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif., May 14, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Many nautical fiction books have been launched on the book market over time, but none have surfaced to grip the reader with the colorful characters and electrifying action that fill ex-seaman Bob A. Ellison's South Pacific book, 30 Day Wonders (now available through 1stBooks).
"The sea takes in all kinds," Captain Karl Schmidt remarks about his third mate and gun crew ensign, as his freighter Alamo Spirit sails over the South Seas to war zone Papua. The mate and the ensign were dubbed "30 day wonders" by other seamen because they had little job experience, just like Lieutenant Alice Emmerson, who joined them as a passenger.
To the disgust of the crew, Alice falls for Tommy Holliday, the cocky young bosun from Newfoundland, as they try to save the life of a half dead survivor found on a mysterious lifeboat adrift in the Tasman Sea. Their complicated romance continues on to Australia and then north to the red hot Papuan war zone, where Alice has to say goodbye to Tommy and go ashore on her military assignment with Australian troops.
Ellison has sailed on merchant ships in peace and war. In this fast moving novel he captures with eloquent, precise prose, the lusty humor, drama and excitement inherent in the lives of seamen as they perform their isolated jobs at sea. In addition to 30 Day Wonders, Ellison has published two other works: Wet Wonders and The Racehorse From Outer Space.
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