Sailor Sam

Sailor Sam and his crew trade the high seas for the rolling hills of Bigfoot Prairie, Wisconsin, to support Sam’s ailing Uncle Caleb on his 120-acre dairy farm. While the crew struggles with 3:30 AM chores and the techniques of championship plowing, they face a spiritual and social challenge from their abrasive neighbor, Bull Brown. The journey reaches a moving climax when the crew practices radical Christian forgiveness by lending their tractor to their rival, leading to a changed heart for Bull and a miraculous victory for the Stone family.

Sailor Sam and his crew lead a modern-day repeat of Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage using exact replicas of the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria. The expedition is plagued by an old sailor’s ominous prophecies, a broken rudder that mirrors history, and a mysterious illness that strikes the crew. After discovering the sickness was caused by rare South American plant poison, Sam uncovers a plot of human sabotage by a jealous historian, Cameron Sharp. The voyage reaches a perilous climax when a fire cripples the Santa Maria’s rigging just as land is sighted, forcing the crew to rely on God’s protection to avoid a shipwreck on the reefs of the New World.

Sailor Sam and his crew travel to Israel to support an old friend, archeologist Ben Lowes, who is being targeted by a mysterious criminal named Omar Harif. After enduring theft, hotel ransacking, and a life-threatening car sabotage, the crew discovers that Omar is attempting to suppress a second will left by Ben’s late father. Through Buddy’s keen intuition, they locate the true will hidden with Omar’s own mother, securing Ben’s inheritance and bringing the truth to light in the Holy Land.

Sailor Sam and his crew travel to Brazil to visit missionary pilot Cleve Jameson and his twin brother Clem, a frontline outpost missionary. The volume begins with a “flashback” narrative detailing the twins’ rigorous four-year journey at the Moody Bible Institute—from spiritual pre-aviation courses to the high-stakes selection process of summer flight camp. In the present day, the mission faces real-world jungle crises: a medical emergency involving a sick child, a forced landing on a piranha-infested river island with a bull calf, and a spiritual battle against a witch doctor opposed to the construction of a new airstrip. The volume concludes with the heroic hand-clearing of the landing strip, the spiritual transformation of the local chief, and a call to the next generation to serve the Lord through missionary aviation.

Sailor Sam and his crew embark on a high-stakes expedition from Chicago down the Mississippi to find the River Shark, a legendary stern-wheeler that vanished 75 years ago with valuable historical documents. Battling river storms, bridge failures, and “history pirates” led by the villainous Turtle, the crew offers a redemptive second chance to a disgraced pilot named Joe. The search leads deep into the Louisiana bayous, where they discover the ship hidden in plain sight, outmaneuver their pursuers, and witness Joe’s spiritual transformation as he finally finds his “true pilot” in Christ.

While stalled at sea, Nancy befriends a young whale named Elmer, who refuses to leave her side. The crew arrives at a small seaport for engine repairs and assists local residents Carl and Ella McGregor in the long-awaited reopening of their community church. After surviving a violent storm and performing a high-stakes engine repair using shoe leather, the crew must perform a final, delicate rescue to free Elmer from a life-threatening trap beneath the town’s docks.

While transporting Christian literature to Samoa, the Porpoise is crippled by a massive typhoon, forcing the crew to abandon ship. Divided into two small boats, the crew must survive the “landless sea” of the Pacific. Battling dehydration, aggressive sharks, and a moment of psychological breaking by a fellow passenger, the crew relies on their faith and Sam’s navigational expertise. The mission concludes with a dramatic Navy rescue and a commitment to finish their delivery, proving that with God’s help, they never give up.

Sailor Sam and his crew are recruited by Jeff Cornell to pioneer a missionary transport and communication service in the rugged terrain of New Guinea. The mission involves personal growth as Oli overcomes age-related discouragement to become a pilot, and the crew practices the Gospel by showing compassion to a thief. The volume concludes with the Porpoise loaded with a dismantled airplane, ready for the long voyage to the South Pacific.

While docked in the Malden Islands, Sailor Sam receives a request to transport twin brothers Mark and Luke Rasmussen from Bombay, India, back to the United States. The boys are “scoundrels” who have been left without parental guidance; their journey involves a rescue from a Bombay mob, a dangerous mountain search-and-rescue mission, and the boys’ eventual spiritual transformation as Sam uses firm discipline and the Gospel to reach their hearts.

While attending a missionary conference at Silver Falls College, Sailor Sam and his crew are drawn into a mystery involving terrifying “noises in the night” and ground tremors. They discover that a massive section of the town is sliding toward the river due to centuries of underground erosion. Sam must lead a dangerous investigation into a 200-foot-deep crevice to confirm the town’s safety and prevent a mass panic.

After receiving an urgent letter from an old friend about a sister in danger on the mission field, Sailor Sam and his crew travel to the dense jungles of Borneo. They discover a tribe ruled by fear and the “Mark of the Scorpion,” eventually rescuing the crew from a lethal execution and witnessing a tribal transformation after Sam heroically saves the King’s son.

While attending a class reunion, Sailor Sam is challenged to a high-stakes schooner race from New York to Bermuda and back by his arrogant and dishonest rival, Brad Young. Despite Brad’s repeated attempts at sabotage—including loosening the Porpoise’s rudder and attempting to ram the ship—Sam’s superior seamanship and unwavering integrity lead to a double victory: winning the race and reaching the heart of his rival with a message of forgiveness and faith.

Sailor Sam and his crew team up with the legendary “Harpoon Johnny” to capture a massive, unusually aggressive killer whale for a museum collection. After the whale smashes local fishing boats and severely damages the Porpoise, Sam develops a high-stakes strategy using short-wave detonated TNT mines to stop the “marauder of the deep” and restore the livelihood of a coastal community.

Sailor Sam and his crew visit an island just off the Latin American coast to help an old friend, Chief Pah, whose village of sponge divers is being terrorized by a sudden invasion of killer white sharks. As an abrasive skeptic named Charlie stirs up unrest among the people, Sam must use scientific research and engineering to develop a “People Cage” that allows the divers to work safely while withstanding the force of the massive predators.

While traveling to the Gulf of Mexico for a government research project on fish mortality, the crew of the Porpoise becomes involved in a hunt for a massive saltwater crocodile that has been terrorizing local cattlemen and their livestock. The investigation leads the crew into a treacherous swamp where they must outsmart the “killer” reptile and survive encounters with poisonous snakes to restore safety to the coastline.

While in Miami for a routine overhaul, the Porpoise is hijacked with Buddy on board by Latin American rebels. The ship is transformed into the Rebel and loaded with volatile nitroglycerin for a mission to war-torn Santa Robles. Buddy must rely on his faith to survive a high-stakes maritime chase and a brewing hurricane, ultimately influencing his captors through his unwavering courage.

While vacationing at a friend’s cottage on the Eastern Seaboard, the crew is thrust into a dangerous search for a large white gorilla that escaped from a local amusement park. After the beast is wounded and becomes a public menace, Oli uses his former wrestling skills to subdue the animal in a dramatic moonlit confrontation, leading to the spiritual conversion of the park’s owner.

After a complete refurbishment in New York, the Porpoise travels to Lake Africa, Egypt, to support Professor Ludwig Digg on an archeological dig. The crew befriends a local camelboy named Shad and must navigate a violent sandstorm and a life-threatening quicksand trap that eventually humbles the abrasive Professor.

While in the West Indies to study the conservation of green sea turtles, the crew of the Porpoise discovers a mysterious steel object on sonar. The object is revealed to be a “Cub Marine”—a miniature research submarine—drifting empty in the Caribbean. After a successful rescue and tow operation, the crew is awarded a contract to use the sub for a new scientific mission in undersea biological research.

While navigating a fierce Pacific storm, the crew is recruited by the U.S. Navy for a high-stakes mission: delivering a cargo of atomic material to a friendly nation. The journey takes them through polar blizzards and culminates in a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse with an enemy submarine off the coast of Australia.

While searching for dinosaur remains in Southwest Wyoming, Sailor Sam and his crew uncover a mystery involving a hostile recluse and her “haunted” house, which ends in a dramatic rescue during a lightning-sparked fire.

Sailor Sam and his crew embark on a perilous journey to Alaska to find missing mining millionaire Moses Henderson, eventually overcoming a legendary giant polar bear to discover a mineral-rich hidden valley and rescue Henderson alive.

While vacationing in Florida, Sailor Sam and his crew work undercover for the Coast Guard to track a smuggling operation, eventually discovering that the suspect, Mr. Baker, was actually trying to save his niece Linda’s parents from political persecution, leading to a resolution involving political asylum.

Sailor Sam and his crew travel to Malden Island to stop the “exterminator” volcano, Apollyon, from repeating a historic disaster; after surviving a tidal wave and rescuing trapped crew members, Sam uses naval artillery from a cruiser to cave in the crater and divert the lava flow away from the city.

A whale-filming expedition off the coast of South America turns into a life-and-death struggle after a whale collision cripples the Porpoise, leaving the crew stranded and at the mercy of a hostile village controlled by a malicious witch doctor.

Sailor Sam and his crew sail to the remote Island of Mangu to investigate a missionary doctor’s disappearance, discovering a ruthless pirate gang has enslaved the native population to steal the island’s resources.

Sailor Sam and his crew travel to the mountains of Mexico to help a missionary friend rid “Ghost Valley” of a ruthless bandit gang using elaborate “ghostly” tricks and deadly traps to displace the local Indian population.

Sailor Sam and his crew trek through the Thai jungle to help Professor Armon locate the legendary Temple of Tais, ultimately outwitting a ruthless rival to preserve the temple’s ancient golden treasures.

Buddy and Nancy visit their uncle’s mission station in the Kentucky mountains and find themselves caught in a violent family feud between the Caldwells and the Beals, eventually being taken hostage while Sam and Oli race to deliver emergency supplies.

Sailor Sam and his crew travel to Europe to deliver a space research monkey named Spook, eventually outmaneuvering a pair of master thieves in a high-stakes chase across the French and Swiss borders.

Sailor Sam travels to Northern England to claim the inheritance of a massive castle estate, where he must solve the mystery of a “ghost” haunting the halls and clear his name after a legal misunderstanding with the townspeople.

Sailor Sam and his crew are hired by Geraldine Brooks to locate and salvage the “Golden Galleon,” a legendary Spanish treasury ship worth millions, navigating through collisions, hurricanes, and personal loss to reach the treasure site.

Captain Sam and his crew travel to a Japanese village to solve the mystery of a legendary “Black Pearl,” eventually discovering that the treasure is actually a sunken ship that could save the community from poverty.

While transiting the Panama Canal, Sailor Sam recruits August Schmidt, a retired carpenter who finds a new sense of purpose serving the Lord in the South Pacific. The crew arrives at an uncharted island to assist missionary Ruth West, but the mission is jeopardized when the Porpoise strikes an underwater volcanic crater. August—affectionately nicknamed “Mr. Pockets” by the local children—must use his master craftsmanship to perform a high-stakes repair on the ship’s hull before the incoming tide swarms the vessel.

Sailor Sam installs a massive computer named “Herman” aboard the Porpoise to experiment with automated Bible translation, but the crew must navigate two storms: the comedic rivalry between Oli and the machine, and the spiritual crisis of Princess Anne, who is frantically trying to save her people without God’s help.

The crew of the Porpoise arrives in Brazil and hires a superstitious new cook, Andrefo Molock, who claims to be haunted by the ghost of Sailor Sam’s old nemesis, “Hook.” As mysterious events escalate, Sam and Oli recount the true story of the real Hook’s heroic death years ago to prove the ghost is a fake. The mystery culminates in a clever trap where Oli disguises himself as the dead man to confront the imposter, leading to a revelation about Hook’s family and a moment of spiritual redemption.

While visiting a scientist friend, Sailor Sam and his cousins stumble upon a mysterious cave used by counterfeiters, leading to a dangerous trap and a life-changing decision for a young boy.