Red Read's life takes an alarming turn when his mother sells him to an infamous smuggler plying his trade off the north-west coast in the closing days of the nineteenth century. From terrifying encounters with cutthroat pirates to battling the forces of nature in a tropical typhoon, from dining with head-hunting guerrillas to making meals of monkey stew, Red is in for the adventure of a lifetime.
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