• Age: 16
• Grade: 11

American-born fighter pilot and Vietnam veteran, Nick Sullivan, is a broken man. Abandoned for dead by his family while he rotted in a Viet Cong prison camp, Sullivan finds solace in alcohol and flashbacks to war and prison. The death of a nearly forgotten uncle takes Sullivan to Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, where he had spent many adolescent summers with his family and all that such a privilege entailed – beaches, fishing and first loves. His uncle’s bequest takes Nick by surprise and, in the process of refurbishing a salvaged sailboat, he too is salvaged.

A.C. Geisel holds vocational, undergraduate and graduate business degrees from New England universities, but his pursuits of adventure as a technical wreck diver and mariner have taken him to shores all over the continent. Geisel has lectured on maritime history topics and is an active advocate of literacy programs and has contributed to a number of internationally recognized periodicals. He lives in Cape Saint Mary’s, Nova Scotia where he spends his spare time visiting his whale and seal friends in the Bay of Fundy.

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