Wind from the Hospitable Sea

A European bestseller, in print continuously since 1946.

In extraordinary times, twelve-year-old boys must act like men.

Greece 562 BC. For insolvent debtors, the price of bankruptcy is slavery. When his mother and siblings are seized for unpaid debts, little Diossos must run to fetch help. He must cross mountains, forests, and stormy seas, brave wild animals, slave catchers, pirates, and police. He has a month to achieve his quest, only days to grow up.

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