Summary

James Pfeiffer lives in a world of ships and fishermen.

James Pfeiffer lives in a world of ships and fishermen. Against the wishes of his parents, he follows the path of his family out on to the water. In the iron-hulled trawlers which plough the ocean off New England, he learns the truth in stories he had heard as a child; the rumours of killer whales and sharks and ghost ships in the fog. He also learns the truth behind his father's terrible fear of the sea. Paul Watkins writes of the dangers and uncertainties of life at sea from personal experience and with striking immediacy.