Voyage to the North Star, Peter Nichols
Voyage to the North Star, Peter Nichols
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Voyage to the North Star

Author: Peter Nichols

Narrator: George Guidall

Unabridged: 12 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/25/2011


Synopsis

Peter Nichols' novel, which has been likened to the works of Jack London and Joseph Conrad, immediately rose to top places on best-seller lists across the country. Voyage to the North Star offers an amazing combination of high-seas adventure and human folly. It is also filled with authentic detail, since Nichols is an experienced sailor who has made a solo journey across the Atlantic. Carl Schenck is fabulously wealthy, but he aspires to be a great hunter. Africa is too tame, so in 1932 he buys the Lodestar and equips the yacht in luxury. Outfitted with rubberized boots and an arsenal of guns, Schenck sets out for Arctic waters to shoot bears, seals, and "every animal in sight." As days unfold on the frozen horizon, peril after peril confronts the boat and its crew. Although Schenck is unstoppable, others on the Lodestar are forever changed by this ill-fated voyage. Narrator George Guidall's performance conveys all the dangerous magic of the icy seas and captures the increasing madness of Schenck's expedition.

About Peter Nichols

Peter Nichols is the author of the novel The Rocks, the international bestsellers A Voyage for Madmen and Evolution's Captain, and three other books of fiction, memoir, and nonfiction. He currently teaches in the MFA program at Antioch University Los Angeles.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Carleen on May 03, 2019

Love Peter Nichols' writing style, and really enjoyed the story because of that. He wove an interesting tale with characters and occurrences reminiscent of T. Roosevelt's river of doubt, though on the high seas. And with a bit of gore thrown in at the end. Was that for shock's sake? It did not work......more

Goodreads review by Brynn on May 15, 2018

A story where a crew takes a bratty rich boy to hunt animals in what is currently considered a cruel manner. The trip is set up as doomed to fail and does fail miserably. Though well written, the plot and conclusion were terrible and felt I wasted my time......more