River of smoke
Slave labor
Opium trade
China, fiction
Sailors
India, fiction
FICTION / Literary
Englisch
Social history
Social classes
Voyages and travels
Fiction, action & adventure
Fiction, historical
Fiction, historical, general
New York Times reviewed
Social conditions
History
Fiction
In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean and the Ibis, a ship carrying a consignment of convicts and indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius, is caught up in the whirlwind. When the seas settle, five men have disappeared - two lascars, two convicts and one of the passengers. Did…
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