Draca

Geoffrey Gudgion

Unbound

£9.99

Draca is a Bristol Channel pilot cutter: strong, beautiful and haunted. Rather like fantasy author Robyn Hobb’s ‘liveships’ Draca is more than boat but is she ultimately the villain or the victim of this complex tale? The novel’s background is shaped by warfare; by the violence of Helmand Province that has left former Marine Jack Ahlquist physically and emotionally maimed and by the bloody Viking incursions against the coast of Wessex, more than a millennium earlier. For those who can feel it –like boatyard manager Georgie,whose schoofellows called her a witch – the boundary between past and present is uncomfortably thin. With everyday greed, jealousy, family misunderstanding and sexual tension added to the mix, Draca offers a complex and gripping read. (50% author royalties to Combat Stress)