Ellen's Comments: Gene Hackman is a super actor—witness two Oscars and a string of great movies. But who’d have thought he could write a rip-roaring sea story? Hackman has teamed with Daniel Lenihan, an acclaimed underwater archeologist, for Wake of the Perdido Star. Together they craft a swash-buckling tale of sailing ships and pirates, hurricanes and shipwreck, diving bells, uncharted islands and tribal wars.In 1805, 17-year-old Jack O’Reilly and his parents, an Irish gunsmith and a Cuban émigré, leave New England, under political duress, to reclaim his mother’s inheritance, a sugar cane plantation near Havana. It has been left in the care of Count de Silva, a family friend. On an outing to inspect the property, Jack’s parents are murdered and he is left for dead.
Jack manages to make his way back to the Perdido Star and, with his new friend Paul le Maire, joins the crew. He learns to sail and fight, but also learns the value of true friendships forged through shared perils and victories. His and others’ resourcefulness repeatedly saves them from certain death. Always under the surface and motivating his survival is Jack’s determination to return to Cuba and avenge his parents’ deaths by destroying the Count.
Jack manages to make his way back to the Perdido Star and, with his new friend Paul le Maire, joins the crew. He learns to sail and fight, but also learns the value of true friendships forged through shared perils and victories. His and others’ resourcefulness repeatedly saves them from certain death. Always under the surface and motivating his survival is Jack’s determination to return to Cuba and avenge his parents’ deaths by destroying the Count.
I’m heading back to the Library for the second Hackman-Lenihan book! Check Status at GPL
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