The dream vessel

by Jeff Bredenberg

The Dream Vesselby Jeff BredenbergAn enticing new world awaits—but getting there's half the battle.The Future Lies in a Pirate's HandsDestroying a ruthless dictator, it turns out, was easy by comparison. Merqua's Revolutionaries find themselves landlocked, and the only hope for civilization lies beyond a wild and perilous ocean. Only one shipyard can produce a vessel that's up to the crossing. But how do you negotiate with—or trust—slavers, powder-snorting pirates and cannibals?To complicate matters, the Rasta mystic Pec-Pec lurks in the background. The power of a world-changing mission has captured his attention. How will this inscrutable magic man, with allegiance to no one, twist the mission to serve his own dark plans?Book 2 of The Merquan ChronicleAlso by Jeff Bredenberg: The Dream Compass"I feel Jeff Bredenberg is a writer to watch closely. He has had three books published to date, and there is enough in them to satisfy many categories of readers: Even his minor characters are in