Review: Coming of age on the high seas and beyond
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 17, 2013
This book has it all; drama, intrigue, and adventure on the high seas and beyond. Young Alfred Wellers embarks on the journey of a lifetime, sneaking aboard a Dutch merchant ship bound for the New World. Along the way he discovers his fanciful daydreams have done little to prepare him for the nature of such a journey, or the true nature of his shipmates. Hardships, beauty, adventure, cruelty, and the ever present call of the unknown that lies ahead make this a wondrous coming of age story, not to mention a real winner for those of us with a penchant for historical fiction. If this is just the beginning, I cannot wait to read the rest of the story.