The Island of Captains

A fairy-tale novella about the wondrous Island of Captains. Little ships crafted by children sail toward this magical island from all sides.
And the tiny captains—among them the bravest and most noble is Captain Tin Tinich—go out to sea to fight pirates, help those in trouble, and perform feats in the name of dreams and courage. On his ship he charted the whole Ocean of Tales and more than once fought pirates. It was he, to save the island from trouble, who figured out how to overcome the magical line that had broken ships. The Island of Captains, formerly Captain Tin Tinich—the Lord of Magic Keys—2.

“‘Dream’ is an excellent ship—reliable, made the way it should be,” Valka thought at these very moments. “Such a ship fears neither a storm nor the ninth wave. And the captain on the ‘Dream’ is a real sailor. I know him. Of course I know! He looks like… Never mind who. The main thing is that he’s brave—terribly brave. And he doesn’t like to chatter—unlike Petka from the first ‘A.’ He’s so sunburnt, like… Well, like one person when he came back from the Crimea. The captain, of course, is tired. The insomnia pinches his eyes, but he confidently plots his course along an old sea map…"…