DISCOVERY 1600s

Discovery 1600s is the first volume in Becoming Caribbean, a four-volume historical fiction series tracing 400 years of Caribbean life, from the crossroads of empire to its long aftermath.Set in the 17th century, it follows Marie ap Rhys and the crew of the Iron Mercy, people driven by storm, trade, violence, and memory into a life at sea. They survive not by grandeur, but by watching closely, enduring what comes, and carrying on without ceremony. It unfolds in a sea-world of many tongues, mixed loyalties, and overlapping empires. The Caribbean is not yet what it will become, and the sea carries consequence as readily as cargo.For readers of literary historical fiction, maritime history, and novels in which catastrophe reveals the structure of the world.