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Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xiii, 268 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Description
In July 2011, the oil tanker Brillante Virtuoso was drifting through the treacherous Gulf of Aden when a crew of pirates attacked and set her ablaze in a devastating explosion. But when David Mockett, a maritime surveyor working for Lloyd's of London, inspected the damaged vessel, he was left with more questions than answers. How had the pirates gotten aboard so easily? And if they wanted to steal the ship and bargain for its return, then why did...
Author
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
294 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
Recounts the experiences of a commercial sea captain who has confronted unethical government practices, pirates, and con artists to retrieve illegally seized ships and stolen cargo from dangerous regions throughout the world.
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
1 DVD video (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The crew of a Danish cargo ship is hijacked and taken hostage by Somali pirates. The pirates pick the ship's cook as interpreter, to engage in escalating negotiations and ransom demands with their company CEO and authorities.
4) Under siege
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1997]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Killer-elite commandos out to hijack the USS Missouri's nuclear arsenal overpower the crew, except for the cook, who just happens to be an ex-Navy SEAL and highly decorated combat operative.
Author
Series
Hector Cross novels volume 1
Formats
Description
An adventure set in the violent world of modern piracy and terrorism follows the kidnapping of an oil heiress's daughter for a multi-billion-dollar ransom and the efforts of Cross Bow Security head Hector Cross to secure her release.
Author
Series
Vanessa Michael Munroe novels volume 4
Formats
Description
Passing as a man while working at sea for a security company she discovers is part of a gunrunning operation, Vanessa Michael Munroe escapes a pirate attack and agrees to help find her crewmates only to discover that the hijackers were seeking the ship captain under her care.
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt volume 26
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
9 CDs (11 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
In 1959 Tibet, a Buddhist artifact of immense importance was seemingly lost to history in the turmoil of the Communist takeover. But when National Underwater and Marine Agency Director Dirk Pitt discovers a forgotten plane crash in the Philippine Sea over 60 years later, new clues emerge to its hidden existence. But Pitt and his compatriot Al Giordino have larger worries when they are ordered to recover a failed hypersonic missile from Luzon Strait....
Formats
Description
"[An] examination of the 2009 hijacking of the U.S. container ship MV Maersk Alabama by a crew of Somali pirates. Based on a true story, the film focuses on the Alabama's commanding officer, Captain Richard Phillips ... and the Somali pirate captain, [Abduwali] Muse ... who takes him hostage"--Container.
10) Tahoe hijack
Author
Series
Owen McKenna mystery thriller volume 9
Publisher
Thriller Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
349 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Description
Tahoe Detective Owen McKenna responds to a boat hijacking on Lake Tahoe, gets involved in the case of Anna Quinn who is hiding from members of a fanatical militia group, and the search for a treasure that dates to the Gold Rush.
11) America
Author
Series
Jake Grafton novels volume 9
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
454 pages ; 21 cm
Author
Series
Mack Bedford novels volume 3
Publisher
Vanguard Press
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
viii, 328 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
After Somali pirates capture two U.S. ships, Mack Bedford and the Navy SEALs' Delta Platoon are tasked with not only rescuing the ships, but also completely obliterating all pirates operating in the Indian Ocean.
Author
Series
NUMA files volume 20
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
ix, 419 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Description
On a NUMA training mission in the Caribbean, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala catch a distress call from a nearby freighter. Leaping into action, they locate a damaged vessel and a dead captain clutching a shotgun. While searching the freighter for clues, Kurt and Joe are ambushed by crew members who seem terrified and disoriented, almost brainwashed. The trawler they were hauling has vanished, taken-the men say-by baffling lights that circled the ship....
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