Mason Pratt: On The Knife Edge

Join Maine author S. Mason Pratt to hear about his newest book, On The Knife Edge.

On the Knife Edge, a timely spy thriller, casts the reader into the throes of the war in Ukraine. Part historical novel, it is based on the true story of the container ship El Faro, which sank off the Bahamas almost nine years ago with no survivors, including five graduates of Maine Maritime Academy.

Second mate MELANIE is unaware that her former love, JACK PIERCE, is now a CIA assassin who intends to blow up her ship. After assassinating the Russian’s Mayor of Sebastopol, he’s working for the Ukrainian oligarchs. She seduces him before she learns he’s dangerous. When the hurricane hits, they are the sole survivors.

Jack is obsessed with Melanie, who is plagued by her brother’s drowning and survivor’s guilt. She runs from Jack, who follows her to the North Maine Woods. On Mount Katahdin’s “Knife Edge,” they must fight for their lives.

S. Mason Pratt graduated cum laude from Bowdoin College, then served as an intelligence officer with the 82nd Airborne Division before attending Harvard Law School. He practiced law with Pierce Atwood in Portland, Maine for 47 years, and then became a writer. He lives with his wife at Sebago Lake in Standish.

Copies of his book will be available at the program for purchase by way of cash or check only. The author will also be available to sign copies at the event.