# The Deadly Isles

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- Authors: [Jack Vance](https://www.bookquiver.com/jack-vance)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2020-03-12

## Description

A young scientist with ties to a family fortune survives a murder attempt while working in Tahiti. He discovers the identity of the assailant, but not the motive. For this, he must follow the would-be murderer aboard an island-hopping passenger/cargo schooner bound for the Marquesas...

## Editions

### The Deadly Isles

- Publisher: gateway
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7322-930-3
- Published: 2020-03-12
- Language: en_GB