Quiros

by John Toohey

ISBN 1 876631 24 4

$19.95

Publication date: March 2002

When the famed explorer Quiros comes to Peru asking for volunteers to accompany him across the Pacific and off the edge of the known world, the men line up, dreaming of citites of gold, beautiful women and glory. Out at sea, surrounded by nothing but the wind and their own fears, they are not so sure. As their captain becomes madder and more driven the sailors are forced to confront the possibility that the dream that Quiros has provided may be replaced by something much more ominous. Or even worse, by nothing at all.

A fascinating narrative in the tradition of The Passion about the power of hope and faith to inspire and destroy.