Download or read book The Rope Eater written by Ben Jones and published by Doubleday Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fleeing the horrors of the Civil War by deserting, Brendan Kane joins the crew of the Narthex, an oddly shaped vessel, unaware that the ship's intended destination is a mythic temperate paradise in the heart of the Arctic ice.