The Wreck of the Titan
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The steamship Titan promises its passengers luxury, speed and safety on the Atlantic crossing. Morgan Robertson opens with a close look at the vessel's machinery, trained officers and elaborate comforts, then sets those assurances against a lifeboat capacity far smaller than the number aboard. The company's policy of maintaining full speed in poor weather gives this sea story its early tension.
Among the crew is John Rowland, whose encounter with Myra, a passenger from his past, brings a private strain into the shipboard routine. Technical descriptions sit beside uneasy conversations about his changed circumstances and her fears. The volume also includes The Pirates, Beyond the Spectrum and In the Valley of the Shadow. Readers interested in maritime fiction can find both the workings of a large liner and the human judgments that complicate confidence in its engineering.
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- Morgan Robertson
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