Captain Shannon

audiobook

Captain Shannon

by Coulson Kernahan

EN·~5 hours·33 chapters

Chapters

33 total
1

CAPTAIN SHANNON

0:19
2

CHAPTER I WHO IS “CAPTAIN SHANNON”?

8:58
3

CHAPTER II CAPTAIN SHANNON’S MANIFESTO

11:57
4

CHAPTER III THE “DAILY RECORD” TO THE RESCUE

4:43
5

CHAPTER IV THE MURDER IN FLEET STREET

9:40
6

CHAPTER V THE IDENTITY OF CAPTAIN SHANNON DISCLOSED AT LAST

11:34
7

CHAPTER VI I MAKE UP MY MIND TO FIND CAPTAIN SHANNON

8:56
8

CHAPTER VII MY FIRST MEETING WITH JAMES MULLEN

15:32
9

CHAPTER VIII THE DYNAMITE HULK

8:17
10

CHAPTER IX I TAKE UP MY QUARTERS AT CANVEY

7:22

Description

A shadowy figure known only as “Captain Shannon” stalks the streets of late‑19th‑century Britain, leaving chilling messages in bold hand on the bodies of his victims. As a wave of brutal outrages spreads from England to Ireland, the police are baffled, the public terrified, and the government desperate to uncover the mastermind behind the carnage. The relentless pursuit of clues leads investigators into a tangled web of secrecy, dissent, and political intrigue that threatens to upend the fragile peace between the two nations.

Against this uneasy backdrop, a seemingly ordinary young man boards a train with a bundle of library books—a harmless façade that may conceal a deadly device. The tension builds as authorities scramble to intercept any further threats while the true nature of the mysterious captain’s network remains hidden. Listeners are drawn into a tense, atmospheric chase, where every clue could tip the balance between order and chaos.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~5 hours (311K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

United States: Dodd, Mead and Company, 1896.

Credits

Emmanuel Ackerman, Joeri de Ruiter and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Release date

2024-01-29

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Coulson Kernahan

Coulson Kernahan

1858–1943

A British novelist and essayist of the late Victorian and early 20th-century period, he wrote fiction, social commentary, memoir, and religious reflection with equal ease. His work often mixed moral seriousness with a readable, conversational style.

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