A Great Lakes Odyssey

Eric joins his first ship with high hopes but quickly learns that it is not at all what he expected.  He is stuck in a prison with the chance of drowning.  To make matters worse, his colleagues are a mixture of burnouts, back stabbers, dreamers and even the odd visionary.  In this confined environment, intense hatreds and friendships are developed.  The ship is neglected, worn out and about to be scrapped, so it is pushed hard for company profit.  The result is a disaster; an engine room fire during a storm when crew members are missing.  The crew is forced to work together to survive and Eric ends up playing an important role.  This is a sailor story with no foul language, so it is fit for young and mature readers.  It is a story of disappearing Canadiana, set in the beauty of the Great Lakes.