Fearful Breakers
Now available in audiobook!
Home. It’s all José has ever cared about.
It’s the middle of the 18th century, and José Albañez is a mixed-race boy living amidst his extensive family and friends in Havana, the capital of the Spanish colony of Cuba. As a boy in school, all he wants is to work side-by-side with his father in their joiner’s shop.
Somehow his Tío Domingo arranges for him to accompany him on his dangerous smuggling ventures among the islands. Along the way he is exposed to a wider and more challenging world, from the Jewish merchant community of Jamaica to the flagrant contraband trade of Santo Domingo and San Domingue. And in 1762, the British make plans to take Cuba and so put his beloved home at risk.
Follow José’s adventures in this immersive novel of historical fiction and explore Cuba, where people of color formed a thriving middle-class, Jamaica where Jews were part of the fabric of the island’s society, San Domingue where mounted black policemen flashed their sabers.
Chosen for the 2024 Goethe Book Awards Long List for Late Historical Fiction
”Filled with intriguing Cuban history and helmed by an engaging hero…” – Kirkus Reviews
”A compelling glimpse into Cuba’s past with a strong, easy to root for, protagonist.”— The Wishing Shelf Book Awards
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José Albañez finds himself a prisoner of the British, taken to Charles Town in the colony of South Carolina. There, he worries about the fate of his family. Have they been killed or enslaved by the British? What will he be willing to do to return home and fine them?
Boisterous Waves
José Albañez, now calling himself Will McIntyre, seeks refuge in the Scottish Highlands and uncovers family secrets. He returns to the sea and finds himself in Boston, where brewing discontent with British rule and tangled relationships threaten his daughter’s safety.
Ocean Wild
Will McIntyre joins the struggle against the British crown, enlisting on a privateer. Secrets from the past threaten his freedom and his happiness.