Christian James Joyce had only one mission in life; to be free of himself and get clean. Christian is a young musician, scarred by drugs, awash in self doubt, fleeing from the temptations of the jazz scene in the '50s. Alone, on the road, leaving Montreal and his family behind, he escaped first to Chicago, then south to the Islands. Befriended by an ex-marine who was also on the run, but not from himself, Maartyn St. Jacques, son of a Delta whore, had the swagger and cockiness that was guaranteed to get them into trouble. But not before they landed on Andros Island, where Christian met Renee,...

Germany & Newfoundland 1913 - 1933. The Great War is about to begin. The lives of many on both sides of the Atlantic are about to be changed forever by the War to End All Wars. This is the story of two families, and our protagonists, a German U-boat Commander and the Captain of a Newfoundland fishing schooner. Kurt Schulte and Pius Humby meet in Book One: Summer Wars & Winter Schooners, in the flames of conflict and continue to cross paths in peace and another war until their survival and the survival of so many around them, is dictated by the strange coincidences of their convergent paths....