Download or read book The Brittle Sea written by Tom Kane and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-06-22 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Titanic disaster is the catalyst that sparks a bloody feud between two families in early 20th century America.Captain Richard Blackmore, the master of The Lady Jane, rescues an unseen survivor of the Titanic disaster. The young woman is close to death. As she is nurtured back to health, she realises she cannot remember who she is of why she came to be on the Titanic.The Titanic is simply a tool used in the writing to introduce my readers to my star-crossed lovers, Maggie and Richard Blackmore. The ship and its sinking are the foundation, a simple building block used to introduce these lovers and then introduce a variety of other compelling characters. Like the killer William Harker and the corrupt governor of Sing-Sing prison, as well as shadowy figures in the background of what is essentially a romance, married to a story of mental illness, murder and criminal intent. All this against a backdrop of a still young country where business, enterprise and fortunes are created, sometimes on the back of innocent bystanders.The Brittle Sea introduces a saga, a saga of two families, brought together with crossed swords of hate where one will not bow down to the other, and the only way forward is to crush your opponent. In that moment, a vendetta is born which spills over into book two, The Brittle Land. Against a backdrop of world war, pandemic, an astronomical loss of life and a land ravaged by the weather and banking system built on a house of cards, our families battle head to head on more than one front.