Hijack

[maylaan]

Hi. Has anyone else read Hijack the Pearl by Robert Mitchell? Could such a thing really happen here in the South Pacific?

[Host Kat]

8 minutes ago, maylaan said:

Hi. Has anyone else read Hijack the Pearl by Robert Mitchell? Could such a thing really happen here in the South Pacific?

 

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[MicCanberra]

10 hours ago, maylaan said:

Hi. Has anyone else read Hijack the Pearl by Robert Mitchell? Could such a thing really happen here in the South Pacific?

I haven't read it as yet.

 I suppose it could happen anywhere, I doubt you have to be in the South Pacific to read it.😛

[MicCanberra]

Synopsis. 

THE HIJACKING OF THE CRUISE SHIP OCEAN PEARL SHOULD HAVE BEEN CARRIED OUT WITHOUT THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD.It should have been done without the death and destruction which they had experienced in Afghanistan, in East Timor, and in Iraq. But once begun, once the ship had been taken, death and destruction followed as it had done before. The ten former serving members of the Australian Army had all been bored, some in low-paying jobs, others unemployed. And so the subject had been tossed around until they had decided to proceed with Jazza's idle suggestion that they should hijack a cruise ship for money, for ransom, a decision which took them out into the waters of the South Pacific, to the hijacking, to the bloodshed, to the voyage from which there could be no return.

 

 

It sounds like an interesting read. Not sure how many passengers the Ocean Pearl would have but I doubt any ship with more than 40 people would be too hard to manage especially without killing anyone.