Read Dark Voyage: A Novel by Alan Furst Online

A new historical espionage thriller by Alan Furst is always cause for celebration, and in his eighth novel, the talented writer who's made a particular time and place his own--Europe on the eve of World War II--takes his fortunate readers aboard the tramp ship Noordendam. Like most of Furst's protagonists, DeHaan is at first a reluctant hero, certain that disguising the Noordendam as a Spanish freighter flying the flag of a neutral nation that won't attract the attention of the Nazi authorities will never work. The plot takes DeHaan, his crew and a handful of passengers that include a refugee family, a beautiful woman, and a mysterious Russian through the dangerous waters of the Mediterranean, the North Sea, and the Baltic.

there are too many moments of deus ex machina - happy coincidences that keep the story moving without the author PBI WARNING: MILD SPOILERSIn "Dark Voyage", Alan Furst returns with another installment of his (very) loosely-connected tales of World War II intrique. This time, it is 1941, and Eric DeHaan, captain of the Dutch freighter Noordendam, finds himself, his crew and his ship drafted into the service of Allied naval intelligence. Tasked with. Another Good One From Furst Really enjoyed what I think was Furst's initial foray into maritime aspects of the war. As usual, very believable with several different "mini" stories woven together. I like sea stories and this was a good read.. Five Stars I love everything this author writes. His descriptions and characters are completely believable.

“In the first nineteen months of European war, from September 1939 to March of 1941, the island nation of Britain and her allies lost, to U-boat, air, and sea attack, to mines and maritime disaster, one thousand five hundred and ninety-six merchant vessels. Under the command of Captain Eric DeHaan, she sails for the Intelligence Division of the British Royal Navy, and she will load detection equipment for a clandestine operation on the Swedish coast–a secret mission, a dark voyage.A desperate voyage. She is the Santa Rosa, she flies the flag of neutral Spain and is in Lisbon to load cork oak, tinned sardines, and drums of cooking oil bound for the Baltic port of Malmö.But she is not the Santa Rosa. Dark Voyage is taut with suspense and pounding with battle scenes; it is authentic, powerful, and brilliant.From the Hardcover edition.. At four in the morning, a rust-streaked tramp freighter steams up the Tagus River to dock at the port of Lisbon. She is the Noordendam, a Dutch freighter. There is no place for them in occupied France; they cannot go home.From Alan Furst–whom The New York Times calls America’s preeminent spy novelist–here is an epic tale of war and espionage, of spies and fugitives, o