The Scorpion Sails Again: Chapter Two – A morning of horror
“All on deck!” On any other morning, the raspy, booming voice of the quartermaster would have been enough to get every last man on board up and running. But this morning had not been like all the others: hours before the sun had even crept over the eastern horizon, the shrill scream of the cabin-boy had woken up the entire crew. Waking up to a dead shipmate was bad enough: it could be a sign of illness and of more…