East India

East India

In any other circumstance but shipwreck, rape and murder, a man like Michiel van Texel would never have met a fine lady such as Cornelia Noorstrandt. <br /> <br />He was just a soldier, a sergeant in the Dutch East India company’s army, on his way from Amsterdam to the Indies to fight the Mataram. Such a woman was far above the likes of him. <br /> <br />But both their destinies intertwine far away from Holland, on some god-forsaken islands near the Great Southland. When their great ship, the Utrecht, founders far from home, surviving the Houtman Rocks is the least of their worries. <br /> <br />As they battle to survive and the bravest and the best reveal themselves for what they are, Cornelia’s only hope is a mercenary in a torn coat who shows her that a man is more than just manners and money. <br /> <br />He makes her one promise: ‘Even if God forsakes you, I will find you.’ <br /> <br />But can he keep it? <br /> <br />Described by one critic as ‘Jack and Rose in the seventeenth century’, East India will keep you wondering until the final page. <br />