Star of Peace Author:Jan de Hartog The year is 1939. The ship, Star of Peace, sets sail from Europe. Her cargo is 250 Jews fleeing Nazi Germany and certain death. Her captain is a born-again Christian who has vowed to deliver them to safety. Her crew is a rag-tag collection of seamen who move ever closer to mutiny as it becomes clear that no land wants any part of them, and that ... more »only the sea hungers to claim them.« less