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    Bicentenary Boy

    By Mike Rothery

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    The year is 1754 and young Joey Horne's medical education is interrupted when his father decides on a new life for the family in the American Colonies. But the migrant ship is intercepted by pirates after a storm sweeps her many miles off course. Joey is spared the ensuing carnage to be taken as a galley boy by irascible sea cook, John deVoet, but suffers violent and degrading cruelty at the hands of the callous crew. Befriending the only other boy onboard, topman Spike Gummer, Joey begins to adapt to his dreary new life and learn survival strategies. The only other survivor from the migrant ship is Cheade, a dour and sinister priest whose evangelising sermons and religious rantings seem to have a strange and increasingly compelling influence over the simple-minded cutthroats. Joey witnesses more ransacking of ships over the following months, with shocking slaughter and destruction, but when the buccaneer Captain steers into a strange fog to escape the attentions of a French Privateer his murderous rampage comes to an ignominious end when a mutiny ensues. Lost and short on provisions in a mysterious region where even the stars are unrecognizable, the ship anchors at an island to forage ashore for food and water, and Joey seizes his opportunity to escape. It is here he meets the feisty Zana, a girl with extraordinary gifts and who now, like Joey, has been left orphaned by the murderous crew in their pillage of the island. Joey is outraged to learn the island’s entire adult indigent population have been wiped out, leaving Zana the sole guardian of the surviving children whose parents had sent them into hiding when the marauders landed. But Zana has other shocking revelations in store for her new companion, and as the truth unfolds, as the magic and mystery of this strange world is revealed, it dawns on Joey just how much peril his escape has put him in. Committed now to his hard-won freedom, he must trust his life to the hands of his new friend, share her destiny. And the most appalling truth of all; once entering this world of spirits there is no possibility of ever returning to one's own world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMike Rothery
    Release dateNov 22, 2018
    ISBN9780463247907
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    Mike Rothery

    Writing for me is an endless adventure into the imagination, a passion that whiles away the times between voyages, languishing at anchor or tied up in marinas in the Caribbean and Atlantic Islands. I don’t strive for 'Best Seller' status, just hope my books are read and enjoyed by others. My stories are life-affirming adventures, often with a seagoing theme, a strong psychological slant, and sometimes venturing into the supernatural. I always develop a personal relationship with my characters, whom I believe form the backbone of any good story. A self-published author under my own imprint, Weatherdeck Books, I'm currently working on my seventh novel, a whimsical tale of a disaffected voodoo spirit who ventures into the human world to find answers. I also publish under the pen name of Amanda Wheelhouse. Bio: Mike Rothery was born in 1949, in Yorkshire, England, and lived his first ten years at various military bases in France, Germany and Northern Ireland. The family returned to Yorkshire when his father retired from the RAF in 1960. Mike joined the Royal Navy in 1965 and served in various ships until 1990, when he embarked on a new career in software development. Retiring in 2010 he returned to the sea where he began his writing career. He now cruises the oceans in his yacht, Island Spirit.

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