Dow takes to the sea life, though fishermen on the island are not allowed to actually venture beyond the heads by law of the Ship Kings, who are afraid that the islanders may reacquire their sea skills, which they lost when then were defeated. They agree that he may leave the town to become an apprentice fisherman on the coast, when his mother divulges a secret from her family's past - that Dow's ancestor was a famous Admiral who was executed after New Island lost the war against the Ship Kings, who now rule the island and the seas.ĭow goes to live with Nathaniel, an old fisherman who lost his son and grandson to the maelstrom, a huge whirlpool that occasionally occurs at the head of the bay where they fish. He escapes his intended future as a timber getter when his love of the sea becomes apparent to his parents and the townsfolk.
Dow Amber lives in a timber town in the middle of the island kingdom of New Island. I wanted to like this novel more than I actually did.
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