The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, a War Story, a Love Story (a Novel)

The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, a War Story, a Love Story (a Novel) - Paperback

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The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, a War Story, a Love Story (a Novel) - Paperback

The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, a War Story, a Love Story (a Novel) - Paperback

by Mark Helprin
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by Mark Helprin (Author)

Mark Helprin, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Winter's Tale and A Soldier of the Great War, presents a fast-paced, beautifully written novel about the majesty of the sea; a life dedicated to duty, honor, and country; and the gift of falling in love.

A Navy captain near the end of a decorated career, Stephen Rensselaer is disciplined, intelligent, and determined to always do what's right. In defending the development of a new variant of warship, he makes an enemy of the president of the United States, who assigns him to command the doomed line's only prototype--Athena, Patrol Coastal 15--with the intent to humiliate a man who should have been an admiral.

Rather than resign, Rensselaer takes the new assignment in stride, and while supervising Athena's fitting out in New Orleans, encounters a brilliant lawyer, Katy Farrar, with whom he falls in last-chance love. Soon thereafter, he is deployed on a mission that subjects his integrity, morality, and skill to the ultimate test, and ensures that Athena will live forever in the annals of the Navy.

As in the Odyssey, Katy is the force that keeps him alive and the beacon that lights the way home through seven battles, mutiny, and court martial. In classic literary form, an enthralling new novel that extolls the virtues of living by the laws of conscience, decency, and sacrifice, The Oceans and the Stars is nothing short of a masterpiece.

Author Biography

Mark Helprin is the acclaimed bestselling author of Paris in the Present Tense, Winter's Tale, In Sunlight and in Shadow, A Solder of the Great War, Freddy and Fredericka, The Pacific, Ellis Island, Memoir from Antproof Case, and numerous other works. His novels have been translated into more than 20 languages and read around the world. He lives in Virginia.

Number of Pages: 512
Dimensions: 1.4 x 8.1 x 5.4 IN
Publication Date: October 29, 2024
ISBN9781419769092
Author Mark Helprin
PublisherHarry N. Abrams
GenreLiterature
FormatPaperback
PublishedOctober 2024
LanguageENG- English
Pages512
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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