Seas of South Africa (Submarine Outlaw)

The Submarine Outlaw Series, Bk. Review by Kim Aippersbach.

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I started walking towards the water, and he followed me. I kept thinking, maybe I could run for it. But I also kept imagining the knife sticking into my back. The water was so close, just a run and a jump. Would I survive a knife wound? Not if it hit me in the head. And what if it struck me in the spine? It would cripple me. I thought of Hollie waiting in the sub. My chance to escape came at the very end of the street. I was almost close enough to jump.

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But was it a safe jump? I tried to peer over the edge of the bluff as we approached the stairs that led down to the pier. My heart was beating fast. It had to be a split-second decision whether or not to jump. I had to catch him by surprise, before he could throw the knife. When the submarine is mistaken for a Russian spy sub and chased by the coastguard, a thrilling high-seas chase ensues. To read the first chapter of Submarine Outlaw , please click on this link: Alfred must be both practical and trust his premonitions on many occasions to stay safe on this ambitious and far-reaching adventure.

To read the first chapter of Journey to Atlantis, please click on this link: With Hollie and Seaweed, his dog and seagull crew, Alfred follows the route of Jacques Cartier, nearly five hundred years before them, as they sail down the Strait of Belle Isle into the largest river mouth in the world.

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Lawrence is a treacherous river, concealing many dangers beneath its surface, not least of all the cursed and ghostly Empress of Ireland, a sunken ocean-liner that has claimed the lives of over a thousand people and that reaches up to entangle the sub as they pass. Alfred must sail to Montreal to confront the man who abandoned him at birth — his father. Only then will he escape the unfinished business that haunts him. But is the quest worth the danger? And why is Alfred plagued with bad luck? Is someone, or something, trying to turn him back? To read the first chapter of River Odyssey , please click on this link: Alfred wants to see those dark places of the earth where horrendous events have taken place.

Yet even with these past tragedies in mind, Alfred discovers that the world is facing an even greater threat today. As they sail into the hot, hazy world of the Pacific, they encounter the ruthless killing practices of shrimp trawlers and an island of plastic the size of Texas.

Along the way, Alfred, Hollie and Seaweed befriend the crew of an environmental protection ship, who help to inspire him to take on a new goal: To read the first chapter of Ghosts of the Pacific , please click on this link: Along the journey he witnesses practices which deny human equality and dignity, but also happy events that celebrate the spirit of new beginnings, as personified in Ganesh, the Hindu god with four arms and the head of an elephant.

Alfred cannot help falling in love with India, the most beautiful place he has ever seen. And for the first time, he leaves a part of himself behind. To read the first chapter of Outlaw in India , please click on this link: In Seas of South Africa , the sixth volume in the best-selling Submarine Outlaw series, it has been over two years since the young explorer first set sail in his own submarine, with his dog and seagull crew.

Now, almost seventeen, Alfred is on the cusp of switching from exploring the world to playing an active environmentalist role in protecting the sea that he loves so dearly.

Escaping overland to Johannesburg, with a reckless young inventor from Soweto, Alfred discovers that the violence which taints the shores of the continent is deeply embedded in the life of South African society, so recently freed from apartheid. Armed with new inspiration, Alfred is ready to become the eco-warrior he was destined to be. To read the first chapter of Seas of South Africa , please click on this link: In the seventh volume of the Submarine Outlaw series, Alfred takes his homemade submarine into the Southern Ocean to thwart the actions of the Japanese whalers.

In Australia, he is mistakenly accused of sabotaging an oil tanker, forcing him to escape to Tasmania.

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There he meets up with Merwin Hughes, an eccentric environmentalist, and together they travel south. They are followed along the way by a friendly blue whale and her calf, and a bond is established. Al learns that the war to save the planet is being waged by dedicated individuals, each contributing in his or her own way, and that every action, large or small, matters greatly. To read the first chapter of Eco Warrior , please click on this link: Here he visits a strange old man who lives on an abandoned freighter drifting on the sea.

The man——a ninja, in fact—— challenges Al to acquire greater physical strength and stealth. But it is also the time of the tsunami, and the giant wave capsizes and sinks the ship, taking his new teacher with it. Nov 29, Isabella rated it it was amazing. But I will say that Roy is also dealing with some darker themes--mob violence in South Africa, for instance, and modern-day pirates, as well.

And yet he always finds such positivity even when Al is confronting major philosophical questions--like what causes people to commit such evil acts--or why humans seem so focused on destroying the planet. What we're really excited about is that Al is starting to become a serious environmentalist. In Seas of South Africa, he befriends Los, an ingenious young man from Soweto, and Los inspires Al to actively strive to save the oceans.

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Al's mission couldn't be more timely in light of what we know is going on now--with the apocalyptic prediction of the collapse of the oceans in 2, So Al just becomes more and more visionary as this terrific series progresses, and more and more complex, too.

Not unlike Roy's other novels, this book was extraordinarily well-written, and well-researched. Roy for yet another book that met our every expectation! Janice rated it it was amazing Dec 03, Lois rated it really liked it Jan 02, Helen rated it it was amazing Dec 29, Isaac rated it it was amazing Nov 19, Anas rated it did not like it Mar 17, Caleb rated it it was amazing Oct 03, Annette Condon rated it it was amazing Sep 02, Reilly Malcolm rated it it was amazing Jul 28, Mat rated it really liked it Apr 17, Ryden rated it it was amazing Feb 18, Carmelita rated it it was amazing Aug 08, Matthew marked it as to-read Jun 04, Kristi marked it as to-read Nov 13, William Yang marked it as to-read Jan 21, Nagaisgich added it Mar 18, James Bond marked it as to-read Apr 26, Ranouda marked it as to-read Jun 15, Keilan added it Sep 10, Harry marked it as to-read Feb 25, Beiza added it Nov 15, Russell Scarrow added it Dec 27, Rend Al-Bayati added it Jan 24, Rxyxn marked it as to-read Apr 07, Pat Winter marked it as to-read Jul 11, Hendrix marked it as to-read Apr 11, Karen Upper added it May 26, Brianna van Nostrand marked it as to-read Nov 10, Dawn marked it as to-read Nov 16, Arwa added it Oct 05, Maddy marked it as to-read Jul 21,