Shadows in the Mist
One boy, a forgotten island, and the brutal cost of survival on the high seas
- Adventure
- Thriller
- Historical Fiction
Fourteen-year-old Tommy Penhaligon was a mere cabin boy when the HMS Sovereign set sail to spy on the Spanish Crown. He expected the harsh discipline of the British Navy, but he never anticipated the total destruction of his world. When a catastrophic hurricane tears his ship asunder, Tommy is cast away on a desolate Caribbean island. He is the sole survivor, left with nothing but a rusted blade and the instincts he sharpened under a stern captain. But the island is far from empty. Between the arrival of ruthless pirates, predatory slavers, and even darker threats, Tommy must learn that survival requires a different kind of steel. For two long years, the boy he once was dies, and a hardened warrior is forged in the shadows of the reef. Alongside an unlikely ally, Tommy wages a silent, desperate war against those who would hunt him. As the line between civilization and savagery blurs, he faces a final choice: stay a victim of the tide or become the master of the mist. Edmund Thorne delivers a visceral historical epic about the loss of innocence and the enduring power of the human spirit.