At the Mercy of the Sea : A Country for Castoffs

I looked down at the purse in my hand. I had done nothing to stop it. It was blood money, my thirty pieces of silver?.Description:September 20, 1663, gulls circle and dive overhead as the sails unfurl propelling the ship carrying twelve-year-old Etienne Gayneau and ten-year-old Abraham Dayton toward Boston and new business opportunities that promise them everything they want. Unknown to them, these ventures also carry the power to destroy. Each boy must choose - take the easy road of promise that leads to destruction, or follow the harder path to self-discovery. Both choices will cost them everything. Trouble is coming for Etienne Gayneau and his new friend, Abraham Dayton at home and at sea, as the English prepare to invade New Netherlands and pirates roam the oceans.Etienne takes to the sea again in a desperate move to earn the money his father needs to repay their debt only to find himself shanghaied onto a pirate ship captained by none other than his old rival, Jacob Janssen van den Burgh. Meanwhile, back in the colonies, Alsoomse struggles to find her rightful place in the tribe, and his new friend, Abraham Dayton, fights to prove he is as capable as his older brothers and is ready to join the family whaling venture while trying to survive a deadly pandemic, fierce storms, and an English invasion that threatens to turn their world upside down.

• | Author: Amanda M. Cetas
• | Publisher: Windy Sea Publishing
• | Publication Date: Apr 07, 2024
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1956277099
• | ISBN-13: 9781956277098