Cargo of Coffins by L. Ron Hubbard; an enthralling sea adventure

When two old arch-enemies have an unlikely encounter in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, it takes all of Lars' strength not to put a bullet through Paco Corvino and be done with it.

But then Paco turns the tables on him and blackmails him into captaining a yacht for which he has sinister plans which neither Lars nor the owner of the yacht know anything about.

Unwittingly Lars becomes captain of a ship that sails with a Cargo of Coffins. This deathly load might take the ship and all its passengers to the grave unless Lars can outwit Paco in the final showdown for which he has waited so long.

Read the story excerpt of Cargo of Coffins by L. Ron Hubbard:

"Lars drew the .38 up a little, still keeping it out of sight. How he had prayed for this chance! For years without end he had waited patiently to even up a long-standing score.

But with the mud of the swamps of French Guiana hardly dry upon his bare feet, Lars was running a double risk. Any suspicious move from him would bring investigation from the Rio police, and that investigation would send Lars Marlin back to Devil’s Island.

His grip tightened upon the .38 and he drew it closer to the torn front of his shirt.

Paco was elegantly dressed as always. Even in French Guiana he had managed to find excellent clothes but now he surpassed himself. His coat was of the best linen and the best cut. His trousers were pressed until the creases were sharp as bayonet blades. His shoes were so white they hurt the eyes on this brilliant tropical day. His cap would have been the envy of a British naval officer, so rakish was its slant, so shiny was its braid.

The insignia was strange to Lars. But it did not matter.

Paco was a steward on a yacht, he supposed. But Lars wasted no thought upon Paco Corvino’s present. The past was a dull throb in Lars Marlin’s brain."

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