This intriguing tale, written by Stevenson and his stepson Lloyd Osbourne, is a sweeping adventure centering on the exploits of American Loudon Dodd. In the story, Dodd and his scheming friend, Jim Pinkerton, purchase a supposedly shipwrecked vessel called the Flying Scud that lay abandoned on Midway Island. The men are led on a twisting and turning journey in their attempts to take hold of the ship and unravel the mystery surrounding its demise.

Published in 1894, the year of Stevenson's death, this novel tells of three unscrupulous men entrusted to deliver a cargo of champagne aboard a ship whose crew has died of smallpox. The three embark on a drunken voyage, only to discover an island whose sole European inhabitant, Attwater, has amassed a fortune in pearls.

This book is a collection of short stories and contains the following stories: -The Queen versus Billy-The Beautiful Man of Pingalap -The Dust of Defeat-The Happiest Day of his Life-Father Zosimus-Frenchy's Last Job-The Devil's White Man-The Phantom City-Amatua's Sailor.

The Ebb-Tide (1894) is a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne. Published the year of Stevenson's death from tuberculosis, the last of three collaborations between the legendary Scottish storyteller and his stepson is a story of adventure, friendship, and greed. Although less popular than other titles in Stevenson's body of work, the novel has, been recognized for its pointed critique of British and American imperialism in the South Pacific....