The Sea of the Vanities (The Companion Novels of Jonas Celwyn)

In 1851, Richard Shaw, an insurance investigator for Lloyd’s of London, arrives in Rio de Janeiro to uncover a mystery: why are the world’s greatest sailing ships vanishing in the South Atlantic, never reaching the Pacific?

From opposite coasts, two vessels set sail one under Captain Peech, chasing treasure, and the other carrying passengers like Cassandra Coulter, who seeks only safe passage. But both journeys descend into bloodshed and the grip of supernatural forces. Fate drives the survivors together at the perilous waters of Cape Horn, where they cross paths with Shaw himself.

The Sea of the Vanities is a sweeping supernatural sea adventure that confronts a haunting question: Is death the ultimate terror or a final act of mercy?