Wake of the Perdido Star

Academy Award-winning actor Gene Hackman spins a cinematic tale of pirates, shipwrecks, and sea adventure. Co-written with Daniel Lenihan, one of America's leading authorities on shipwrecks and diving, Wake of the Perdido Star is a moving story of a young boy's coming of age on the high seas, full of authentic nautical and historical detail. A 19th-century sea adventure in the spirit of Patrick O'Brian, Wake of the Perdido Star is a captivating tale about friendship, justice, and survival.

About the Author
Gene Hackman, the Academy Award(R)-winning actor, always had a yearning to write, hanging around his grandfather's small newspaper office in Danville, Illinois, when he was young. He published this first novel at age 70, co-written with his neighbor, leading underwater archaeologist, Daniel Lenihan, who also wrote the nonfiction adventure, "Submerged," about his 25 years with the National Park Services, from Newmarket Press. The two went on to write two more novels, published by St. Martin's, "Justice for None" and "Escape from Andersonville: A Novel of the Civil War." Hackman's solo novel, a western, will be published by Pocket Books in 2011.