Publisher's Synopsis
A classic tale of survival and revenge, this rousing novel of men, sailing ships, shipwrecks, pirates, and the sea, set in the early 1800s, is full of authentic nautical and historical detail, especially about diving and salvage operations of the period. It follows the exploits of Jack OÆReilly, a 17-year-old New England boy struggling toward manhood, whose sea adventures over three years take him to Cuba, around Cape Horn, to the South Sea islands, the Philippines, around the Cape of Good Hope, and finally back to Cuba and the Americas. Wake of the Perdido Star is at once a morality tale, an action-packed saga of heroism, camaraderie, and survival, and a historical treatment of men at sea two hundred years ago.
