Abner by Simon West | Middle grade fiction
   

Abner

by Simon West

Genres: Middle Grade

ISBN: 9781649605139

Price: $17.99

The world flooded long ago—further back in time than anyone can remember. A scattered humanity continues to carve out its existence on wooden rigs high above the sea and on wayfaring ships that plot their course on the currents of the ocean. The young captain Abner has only just inherited his own ship when it is fatally damaged during a storm. Without a sea-worthy vessel, all his hopes and dreams for life as a captain appear to be dashed and sunk until he meets the enigmatic Silas, whose simple offer of help seems cloaked within a deeper mystery. Opposing Silas is Abner’s dependable first mate and lifelong aide, Jared. Caught between the two, Abner is forced to mature and take control of his destiny. Voyaging from rig to rig across the ocean planet, Abner learns there’s more to survival than just staying afloat as he navigates hope, trust and fear to face an ultimate challenge at the terrifying, destructive edge of his world.

About

Simon West was born under a Maltese sun and raised, for a little while, under an Ethiopian. However, it is under the rarely-seen Scottish sun that he has spent most of his life, in Edinburgh. Here he met his wife, and here it was that his three children were born. Here, too, he took ownership of a dog and a cat—Arthur and Willow, respectively. Having worked as a teacher for many years in and around schools, he has most recently turned his attention to creative writing and is a doctoral student in the subject at the University of Edinburgh. He is passionate about telling stories, tall ones and short ones, and enjoys Turkish Delight.