Undreamed Shores

by Mark Patton

2400 BC. The dawn of the Bronze Age. The era of Stonehenge.

Swept off course by the tides at the end of his first trading voyage, his boat overturned and his companions gone, Amzai is washed up on the shores of an unknown land. As he recovers, he finds Nanti, a young woman, caring for him. If Amzai is to have any hope of survival, let alone return home, he must first master the unfamiliar language and customs of Nanti’s tribe.

As the summer ends, Amzai and Nanti embark on a journey of discovery that will change not only their lives, but those of everyone around them. Only when they arrive at their destination will they realise the significance of the voyage they have undertaken, and understand their roles in the new world that it has brought into being.

Undreamed Shores is a historical novel full of adventure and discovery.

388 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2012

About the author

At nineteen Mark Patton shipped aboard the Research Vessel Chain as a helmsman for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. By his mid-twenties he was flying out of Otis Air Force Base for the National Marine Fisheries Service on weekly North Atlantic Fisheries patrols. After graduating from Northeastern University, he became a roughneck for Delta Drilling in the Texas oil patch. He left Texas to become a police officer and later a head of Natural Resources on Cape Cod. Now retired, he devotes his time between the mountains of northern New Hampshire and his home on Cape Cod, where with his cellist wife, he composes music and pursues his longtime passion for writing.

Reviews

[Clare · Rating 5 out of 5]

Always wonderful. One of my favourite go-to books!