Seven Years a Mariner

Kenneth Clarke’s ‘Seven years a Mariner’ is a series of true exper-iences involving a young British mariner in the 1950s.

Immersed in these stories you will travel through the eye of a typhoon, feel the suspense of real life espionage in Burma, China and North Vietnam, visit exotic locations, experience a collision in a harbour, encounter the dangers of the deep, and share in many more adventures.

Book Excerpt:

The Serpent and the Healer.

Its lower body coiled tightly into a powerful spring. The neck curved gracefully back. As its mouth opened wide, the fangs dropped. Hissing revealed its irritation. Its eyes focused on its target — a Burmese stevedore. With the legendary speed that gave its prey little or no chance of escape, the viper lunged forward, plunged its fangs into the Burman’s thigh and pumped its toxic venom into the man’s bloodstream. He screamed and fell to the ground.