A Voyage with Captain Dynamite

Three schoolboys. One small sloop. A storm that breaks everything. When Harry, Geoffrey, and Bertram set sail off Martha's Vineyard, they expect a summer adventure. What they get is a battle with nature that leaves their vessel shattered and them fighting for life in crushing waves. Then comes the steamer called the Wanderer, and the stranger who pulls them from the sea: Captain Dynamite, a man whose eyes hold secrets and whose ship carries a mission none of the boys understand. They are rescued, yes. But they are not free. The captain needs crew, and the boys find themselves swallowed into something far larger than a sailing trip: a shadowy operation tied to Cuba's struggle for independence, a conflict that could get them killed or make them heroes. The ocean was dangerous. What waits on the other side may be worse. For readers who loved Treasure Island and The Hardy Boys, here is a lost adventure that rumbles with engines, crackles with danger, and asks what happens when boys are forced to become men in a hurry.