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Seymour continues to carry the flame for the espionage genre, and his sublime creation, Jonas Merrick, a 21st-century George Smiley . . . is slowly but surely becoming a classic literary creation.
The novel follows five fugitives from the American Civil War - engineer Clyde Smith, journalist Gedeon Spilett, sailor Pencroft, young Herbert and black man Nabu - who escape the siege of Richmond in a balloon, but a storm takes them to an unknown Pacific
The novel explores how stories save from oblivion, but also how they hide the truth about human vulnerability. Short but layered, it combines reality with fantasy, reminding us that every encounter is a possible love or ruin.
