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Carter The Pressed Man
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Series: Jeremiah Carter, Book 1
Mystery & ThrillerGeneral Fiction
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ISBN13: 9798185201244
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 1 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 1 2026
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
1777. The war for independence is spreading - and Jeremiah Carter wants no part of it.
At twenty-two he has everything a man could ask: good land cleared by his own hands, a wife named Abigail, two small children, and a life ruled only by the turning of the seasons. Then he drives his cart to market in New Bedford, and a British press gang drags him from the street in chains.
At twenty-two he has everything a man could ask: good land cleared by his own hands, a wife named Abigail, two small children, and a life ruled only by the turning of the seasons. Then he drives his cart to market in New Bedford, and a British press gang drags him from the street in chains.
Torn from his family and thrown aboard the frigate Orion, Jeremiah is carried across a brutal Atlantic into the service of a King he never chose. He learns the gun deck and the lash, survives storms that swallow men whole, and fights battles that are not his own, all the while carrying a scrap of cloth from home against his heart, and one impossible hope: to see his own shore again.
When a winter gale finally drives his shattered ship onto the rocks of the New England coast, that shore is within walking distance, but Jeremiah has come home as the enemy, an American in the King's coat, a traitor who will hang if he's recognized. His family sleeps only a few miles inland. Reaching them could cost him his life. Turning back could cost him his soul.
A sweeping tale of the sea, of impressment and war, and of a man forced to choose between the life he lost and the life he must live, Carter: The Pressed Man is an unforgettable story of endurance, exile, and the long road home.
When a winter gale finally drives his shattered ship onto the rocks of the New England coast, that shore is within walking distance, but Jeremiah has come home as the enemy, an American in the King's coat, a traitor who will hang if he's recognized. His family sleeps only a few miles inland. Reaching them could cost him his life. Turning back could cost him his soul.
A sweeping tale of the sea, of impressment and war, and of a man forced to choose between the life he lost and the life he must live, Carter: The Pressed Man is an unforgettable story of endurance, exile, and the long road home.
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