{"product_id":"beyond-the-charts-charles-alexander-9798234026736","title":"Beyond the Charts: A Dramatic Novel of the Resolution of the Life of Captain James Cook Drawn from Journals, Rumours, and Written Between the Silence","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistory remembers the voyages of Captain James Cook as triumphs of navigation and discovery. His journals chart new lands, record scientific wonders, and map oceans once thought impossible to cross.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut journals are careful things.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey record what must be known... and often leave unwritten what could not safely be said.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeyond the Charts\u003c\/em\u003e begins with a simple question: what if the official record of the greatest voyages in history is only part of the story?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawn from extensive research into the journals of Cook and the men who sailed beside him, this dramatic historical novel follows the fragile boundary between documented history and the rumors that linger in its margins. Across frozen southern seas, through the coral labyrinths of the Pacific, and among distant islands where cultures first collided, Cook's expedition moves through a world where survival depended on courage, instinct, and the fragile strength of wooden ships against the vastness of the ocean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDecades later, an aging scholar begins assembling fragments left scattered across time-forgotten journals, marginal notes, conflicting reports, and small details history quietly ignored. As the pieces begin to align, a troubling possibility emerges: that something important was deliberately left out of the official record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat truly happened on those voyages?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd why was it never written plainly?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBlending meticulous historical research with atmospheric storytelling, \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Charts\u003c\/em\u003e draws readers into the dangerous, uncertain world of eighteenth-century exploration. It is a story of sailors and scholars, ambition and mystery, and the relentless human drive to push beyond the edge of the known world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers who enjoy deeply researched historical fiction, maritime adventure, and stories where the truth hides between the lines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798234026736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Alexander Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 3.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 1.44d","brand":"Charles Alexander","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48588576719103,"sku":"9798234026736","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/beyond-the-charts-charles-alexander-9798234026736","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}