From the back of the book:
A brutal gale batters the pilgrim ship Seaflower, driving the ill-fated vessel off-course toward the coast of South America, leaving it to the mercy of bloodthirsty pirates and murderous tempests. The year is 1627.
And so begins a drama that will ultimately span centuries, as destiny strands a handful of luckless European voyagers in the most inhospitable jungle on Earth. In a world unfathomed, they must bury their dead and push on deep into the dark and savage land explorers will one day call Amazon. For them there is no going back - only treacherous miles of lush, impentrable beauty that camouflages sudden and terrible death. And there are others waiting and watching, ready to destroy to preserve what no one may truly possess. But here, in this strange and violent place of wondrous discover, the small band of settlers is determined to endure at all costs, to build a new life in a merciless wilderness - and to forge a remarkable society that will be there to greet another group of the desperate lost more than three hundred years in the future.
A brutal gale batters the pilgrim ship Seaflower, driving the ill-fated vessel off-course toward the coast of South America, leaving it to the mercy of bloodthirsty pirates and murderous tempests. The year is 1627.
And so begins a drama that will ultimately span centuries, as destiny strands a handful of luckless European voyagers in the most inhospitable jungle on Earth. In a world unfathomed, they must bury their dead and push on deep into the dark and savage land explorers will one day call Amazon. For them there is no going back - only treacherous miles of lush, impentrable beauty that camouflages sudden and terrible death. And there are others waiting and watching, ready to destroy to preserve what no one may truly possess. But here, in this strange and violent place of wondrous discover, the small band of settlers is determined to endure at all costs, to build a new life in a merciless wilderness - and to forge a remarkable society that will be there to greet another group of the desperate lost more than three hundred years in the future.
A burtal gale batters the pilgrim ship Seaflower,driving the ill-fated vessel off-course toward the coast of South America,leaving it to the mercy of bloodthirsty pirates and murderous tempests.The year is 1627.
good twist and turns. great read
I haven't found this book as good as his shark stories but readable and the story is certainly novel.
A brutal gale batters the pilgrim ship Seaflower, driving the ill fated vessel off course toward the coast of S. America, leaving it to the mercy of bloodthirsty pirates. The year is 1627. Begins a drama that will ultimately span centuries as destiny strands a handful of luckless voyagers in the most inhopitable junle on Earth. They must bury their dead and push on deep into the dark and savage land explorers will one day call the Amazon.
excellent book
4 stars. A shipwrecked people surviving in the Amazon during the 16th hundreds.
Great adventure as always with Peter Benchley's involvement.
