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In this riveting third book in the J. D. Stanton Mysteries series, J. D. Stanton sets sail with two Navy men and a crew of five dysfunctional teenagers. The teens are part of a new Navy program for the troubled youth of Navy personnel. Two days out they encounter a storm that ceases as quickly as it came. The craft has been damaged and the onboard diesel engine refuses to run. When dawn finally arrives, it reveals a sea that is too calm and a sky cloaked in thick, slate-colored clouds. No sun during the day, no moon or stars at night. There is no way to take a bearing. Suddenly a dark object emerges through the mist. It's a military ship from the British Navy--the HMS Archer--a relic from WWI that went missing in 1913, never to be found. Stanton and his shipmates board the ship but cannot find the crew. Their belongings, however, are everywhere, as if abandoned. There are noises and smells too. Stanton realizes that they are on a ship that is out of time, and they too are out of time. Then Stanton and the others begin to briefly glimpse the original crewmembers. Examining the captain's log. Stanton learns that the ARCHER had a crew comprised of castoffs from other vessels. Stanton realizes that one of the "ghosts" -Reynolds-is planning on murdering the crew of the ARCHER, in a mass-murder that occurred nine decades before. Just as frightening is the realization that one of the teens in Stanton's crew is bonding with the murderous Reynolds. Will this teen attempt to kill at aboard, as Reynolds did a near-century before? The past remains. The future looms. J. D. Stanton must survive an impossible present.
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J. D. Stanton and crew end up on a ship out of time with someone who wants to murder them.
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The fog released more of the ship. As he watched the bow slowly emerge, Stanton saw something that made his gut twist. 'This can't be.' Stanton stared at the gray-white battleship. 'It's a Dreadnought.'But that kind of ship ceased sailing three-quarters of a century ago.It starts as a trip to help five troubled teens, courtesy of a new Navy youth program. With retired submarine commander J.D. Stanton serving as captain and two young naval officers heading the expedition, the state-of-the-art catamaran leaves port. It's a routine voyage . . . until a mysterious storm pulls Stanton and his crew into an eerie world of swirling mist and silence. There is no sun, no moon or stars, no way to take a bearing. Electrical appliances fail. The diesel engine is sullen and unresponsive. And then, out of the mist, a ship slowly appears---H.M.S. Archer, a pre-WW1 Dreadnought.A ship missing since 1913.The antique vessel holds disturbing surprises: a ghostly crew . . . evidence of a mass murder . . . and a thousand questions. Now J.D. Stanton and his untried team must discover the answers---before this ship out of time leads them to their destruction.