Hell's Heart (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781250394972)

Some years ago--never mind how long precisely--having little or no money in their purse, and nothing particular to interest them on shore, Alexis Hall thought they would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world. Unfortunately the boat they were in sank with all hands, and they were rescued only by a passing whaler. They have since become a novelist.