by Trains of Thought Publishing
First published 2022
Ishmael feels the weight of poverty and boredom pressing down on him. His purse holds little money, and life on land offers nothing to capture his interest. When dark thoughts creep into his mind like a damp November day, when he catches himself lingering near coffin shops and trailing behind funeral processions, when his irritation grows so fierce he wants to knock strangers' hats from their heads, Ishmael knows the cure. He must get to sea. The ocean calls to him as both escape and medicine, a way to shake off his gloom and restore his spirits. Going to sea represents more than travel for Ishmael. It serves as his method for fighting depression and finding purpose when the world on shore feels meaningless and oppressive.
Genres: fiction, classics, classic-literature, american-fiction, adventure, 19th-century
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, thought-provoking
Tropes: fish-out-of-water, found-purpose
Setting: Ocean
Period: 19th-Century
427 pages · Paperback · Independently published