FLEEING THE 51st STATE

A Voyage of Resistance and Hope
Writen by Peter S Freeman

Amid a turbulent time when a foreign power seizes control of Canada, Gregory Peckingham is drawn into a daring escape plan. Tasked with captaining the Blue Moon, a thirty-eight-foot sailboat, Greg must navigate more than just treacherous waters. With a mysterious and watchful adversary on his tail, every move is a calculated risk.

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Reviews

  • I started reading it right away and I told my wife this morning I can’t put it down!”

    - Murray Nurse – Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
  • Just finished reading your gripping new book! Even with zero knowledge of boats or sailing it still captivated my interest.

    - Judy Nurse – Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
  • It is a well-crafted tale with great attention to detail of the day by day steps necessary to pull oԤ such an escapade. Peter also has great insight into the human relationship experiences that would occur in such a scenario…

    - Philip Bysher – Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada
  • a novel that makes you think about an unimaginable scenario and how you would react in such an eventuality. As each character in the novel reacts in their own way, you sympathize with them as they face struggles, and cheer for them as they overcome adversity...

    - Arvita Cotter – Squamish, BC, Canada
  • You’ve managed to create a gripping adventure story that draws you into turning the page to see what happens next, just using the kind of things that happen when sailing a boat in both tricky inshore navigational waters and oԤshore, without resorting to egregious devices like encounters with pirates, being attacked by sea monsters or suԤering shipwreck.…

    - Alex Zimmerman – Victoria, BC, Canada
  • I felt the fear and anticipation from the beginning to the end of the journey…I felt the emotion of the ocean whether it was calm or angry. I felt the camaraderie of the shipmates grow. I watched and felt the respect that developed by all for each other. A respect and value for what each person brought to the whole. I felt a kinship with each of the characters…

    - Maria Michelle Fitzpatrick – Lethbridge, AB, Canada
  • The writing is excellent, and I read from start to ԥnish completely engaged. There’s a lot of meticulous sailing detail that might overwhelm some readers but I’m not a sailor and it engaged and informed me.…

    - John Beaton – Qualicum Beach, BC, Canada
  • Peter’s words rush in like a wave and carry you on a watery action packed nautical adventure as beautiful and changeable as the ocean itself creating imaginative worlds and painting interesting yet believable and lovable characters.…

    - Carmen Casanova – Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada