In The Land of Seas: Book Two of The Lives of Nickolaus

October 1555, Ligurian Sea off Genoa Italy aboard the Hanseatic carrack ship, The Paradise of the North - At the end of Nicolo's Renaissance, Maestro Nicolo Di Cottano and his new family had just escaped Genoa by the skin of their teeth. But did they actually get away, or will their evil nemeses, crime boss Il Rossone and the Genoan Archdiocese, pull out all the stops to have them chased across the sea and captured like common criminals? And what about pirates? After all, these are risky waters in dangerous times. Can these sheltered, naïve, soft-skinned landlubbers even survive such a hazardous voyage across the seas? There will certainly be no shortage of surprises, crises, danger, and adventure on this most decisive of journeys. And with so much at stake, will the neurotic and overanxious Nickolaus even succeed in holding himself together long enough to endure such a perilous expedition?