
Beneath the Demon Flag
by Unknown (1850) · Public Domain
Unknown
Published 1850
Source: Public Domain
About this Book
A battle-hardened colonel returns toward England under an assumed name, hoping to outrun grief—until, aboard a vessel sailing from Malta, he meets Margaret Cameron, the woman he loved and believed dead, standing in the moonlight like a living ghost; their stunned reunion is shadowed by old betrayals, intercepted letters, and the cold influence of a dowager countess, but the true horror rises with the wind when the ship’s mask slips and its infamous name is revealed: DEMON—the feared “Demon Ship” whispered of across the Mediterranean; cut off from convoy and surrounded by a ruthless crew who leave no witnesses, the lovers are driven into secrecy and desperation, clinging to faith, courage, and each other as the sea tightens around them and survival becomes the last, fiercest form of love.
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Chapter 1: A Spoiled Son, a Proud Farewell

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