The Blood: What secrets lie aboard? (Jem Flockhart) - Signed, Lined and Dated Alys Clare Simon Davey prevented a tragedy

Simon Davey prevented a tragedy

is an elderly writer with a 'block'

With the threat of war looming

How can he justify following his heart if it means leading Bella into danger

as strong as the ties between mother and daughter

The Blood: What secrets lie aboard? (Jem Flockhart) - Signed, Lined and Dated Alys Clare Simon Davey prevented a tragedyI knew the smell of death well enough. But here the sweetness of decay was tainted with something else, something new and different. It was a curious, moist smell; a smell that spoke of the ooze and slap of water, of gurgling wet spaces and the sticky, yielding mud of low tide Summoned to the riverside by the desperate, scribbled note of an old friend, Jem Flockhart and Will Quartermain find themselves on board the seamen's floating hospital, an old