{"product_id":"the-meridian-log-j-c-aldred-9798255176601","title":"The Meridian Log","description":"\u003ci\u003e\"The sea is very fine this morning. I intend to go above. The air will do me good. I think-\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe diary of Captain Edmund Vane, master of the brig \u003ci\u003ePerseverance, \u003c\/i\u003e covers ninety-seven entries across the year 1712. It begins with the precision of a competent man and ends in a locked cabin with no one inside. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat happened in between is a matter of record. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe record cannot be trusted.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten entirely as a ship captain's private journal, \u003ci\u003eThe Meridian Log\u003c\/i\u003e is a novel of psychological horror set during the Golden Age of Piracy. As Vane's account of his voyage begins to contradict itself - the dates slipping, the crew thinning, the coastline appearing where no coastline should be - the reader is left to do what the narrator cannot: determine what actually happened. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eA novel designed to be read twice. The truth is in the text from the first page.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e J. C. Aldred\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798255176601\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d","brand":"J. C. Aldred","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172838449407,"sku":"9798255176601","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-meridian-log-j-c-aldred-9798255176601","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}