Jack Book 3: Friends Forever

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  • "A
  • rollicking
  • adventure!" Book
  • 3
  • opens
  • with
  • Jack
  • and
  • his
  • companions
  • in
  • control
  • of
  • the
  • slave
  • ship,
  • the
  • Helena,
  • renamed
  • The
  • Midnight
  • Raider,
  • having
  • tricked
  • the
  • pirates
  • and
  • slave
  • traders
  • that
  • were
  • chasing
  • them
  • after
  • they
  • stole
  • the
  • ship
  • and
  • kidnapped
  • the
  • captain.
  • Jack
  • has
  • ordered
  • Helena's
  • captain
  • -
  • kidnapped
  • in
  • Cuba
  • -
  • imprisoned
  • below
  • deck.
  • Despite
  • his
  • friend
  • Jeremy's
  • reluctance
  • to
  • go
  • along
  • with
  • him,
  • Jack
  • invites
  • the
  • captain
  • to
  • help
  • them
  • and
  • the
  • 135
  • freed
  • slaves
  • to
  • sail
  • back
  • to
  • West
  • Africa
  • to
  • return
  • the
  • ex-slaves
  • home.
  • Captain
  • Pendleton
  • agrees
  • on
  • the
  • surface.
  • But
  • will
  • this
  • slave
  • trader
  • -
  • whose
  • dream
  • is
  • to
  • buy
  • the
  • Helena
  • to
  • make
  • enormous
  • profits
  • blockade-running
  • when
  • the
  • impending
  • American
  • Civil
  • War
  • begins
  • -
  • keep
  • his
  • word?
  • Jack
  • believes
  • he
  • can
  • continue
  • to
  • outsmart
  • the
  • captain.
  • He
  • also
  • believes
  • the
  • captain
  • wants
  • to
  • do
  • the
  • 'right
  • thing'.
  • It's
  • a
  • combination
  • of
  • trust
  • and
  • mistrust
  • but
  • Pendleton
  • may
  • be
  • the
  • only
  • person
  • aboard
  • who
  • has
  • the
  • longtime
  • experience
  • crucial
  • to
  • crossing
  • the
  • middle
  • Atlantic
  • Ocean
  • to
  • Africa.Jack
  • and
  • Jeremy
  • have
  • another
  • problem:
  • Two
  • young
  • Jamaican
  • women
  • are
  • aboard
  • who
  • they
  • met
  • in
  • Kingston
  • and
  • are
  • scheming
  • to
  • make
  • sure
  • that
  • they
  • stay
  • together
  • with
  • Jack
  • and
  • Jeremy
  • who
  • plan
  • leave
  • them
  • back
  • at
  • their
  • homes
  • after
  • returning
  • from
  • the
  • African
  • mainland.Meanwhile,
  • a
  • major
  • hurricane
  • is
  • bearing
  • down
  • on
  • the
  • ship
  • from
  • the
  • south,
  • threatening
  • to
  • end
  • their
  • escape
  • to
  • the
  • African
  • continent.
  • Jack
  • has
  • many
  • nautical
  • skills
  • for
  • a
  • young
  • man
  • of
  • his
  • age.
  • But
  • best
  • friend
  • Jeremy
  • has
  • his
  • doubts
  • that
  • Jack
  • has
  • the
  • knowledge
  • and
  • experience
  • to
  • sail
  • a
  • large
  • ship
  • across
  • the
  • Atlantic
  • Ocean
  • and
  • back.
  • But
  • Jack
  • has
  • an
  • Ace
  • up
  • his
  • sleeve
  • -
  • Captain
  • Pendleton,
  • an
  • experienced
  • 'old
  • salt'
  • who
  • captained
  • the
  • Helena
  • until
  • Jack
  • and
  • Jeremy
  • kidnapped
  • him
  • at
  • gun
  • point.
  • Pendleton
  • is
  • known
  • by
  • other
  • sea
  • captains
  • to
  • be
  • the
  • best
  • there
  • is
  • at
  • captaining
  • a
  • merchant
  • ship
  • and
  • Jack
  • intends
  • to
  • put
  • that
  • experience
  • to
  • good
  • use.
  • But
  • Pendleton
  • has
  • his
  • own
  • plans
  • to
  • get
  • the
  • Helena
  • back
  • into
  • his
  • possession
  • and
  • is
  • looking
  • for
  • the
  • first
  • slave
  • trading
  • vessel
  • coming
  • from
  • Africa
  • to
  • help
  • him
  • take
  • his
  • ship back.
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