The 5th Amulet

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Two hundred and fifty miles east southeast of Newfoundland, a portion of the Labrador Current flows southward along the eastern edge of the Grand Banks. The icebergs and sea ice from here created the Titanic disaster of 1912.

It is still an unforgiving sea.

The oil supply vessel Sea Eagle ploughed through the intimidating winter waves of the Canadian coast. Black water capped with foam slammed into the red hull from all angles. The assault on the reinforced glass of the forward bridge was relentless, despite it being fifteen metres above the waterline.

The ship was front heavy, like a bulldog. A huge bow for dealing with the conditions of the northern Atlantic. The flat stern carried cargo and could be adapted for helicopter landing.

Captain Skanks was a rough looking Scotsman with a shaggy beard and head that was sinking into his neck. He was wedged into his large chair; his red knuckled hand gripped a battered mug of overly sweetened coffee.

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