Transcriber’s Notes:
Punctuation has been made consistent.
Variations in spelling and hyphenation were retained as they appear in the original publication, except that obvious typographical errors have been corrected.
Young Jack Harkaway Fighting the Pirates of the Red Sea
About This Book
A young adventurer is seized by Red Sea pirates, prompting his friends—an old comrade, a resourceful professor, an ex-prince and the hero’s wife—to charter a fast vessel and pursue the pirate ship. The plot follows their chase along coastal ports, enlistment of local guides, growing anxieties over ransom and torture, and a series of perilous confrontations aboard the pirate Catamaran and its ruthless captain. Action-driven chapters move from planning and narrow escapes to inventive stratagems, maritime combat, and rescues, balancing camaraderie and daring improvisation as the group confronts danger to recover their companion.