'Up anchor ' he yelled, even though the boat that brought him hadn't yet reached the Avaeste. 'Let out the sails ' he bellowed. 'Everyone on deck ' The crew assembled, their mission was explained, they may face cannon fire soon, Ashton told them, so they must get fast underway. 'You didn't ask to be here, ' the captain said, 'so it's not lightly I take you out on this mission, and I will not expect you to stand and fight if it comes to that.' 'Oh but we will Captain, ' said Phillips. 'And I second that, ' added Banks, 'we'll show them they underestimated us and the brave Avaeste.' 'Hopefully it won't come to that, ' Ashton said, 'for I have another plan.' The Captain, the Avaeste and the King is a tale of high adventure, undertaken by a boy captain and his irregular crew, in search of a rare treasure. At first reluctant, the hijacked crew grow ever more eager as their captain steers them across the Aethermarinus, and as they learn more of just what it is they are searching for, and why the captain is so determined to find it. You might enjoy this book if you enjoy films like those of Hayao Miyazake, or novels like the Narnia series. The Captain, the Avaeste and the King was finalist in the 2011 Caleb Prize for unpublished fiction