The Boat of the Dead

The sea is a place of great discoveries and adventures—an indispensable route for travelers and trade, where people learned to overcome their fears and dared to undertake new feats. The rustle of waves, cries of seagulls, warm sand underfoot… it’s hard to imagine a more peaceful picture. But then the wind changes, dark clouds roll in, and the sea is no longer quiet and calm. Now it is a mighty, and sometimes deadly, element.

Stories about such a different, yet mysterious and unexplored sea await you in this collection. Some of the works are well-known and loved by readers for a long time; others were undeservedly forgotten and seemed only to be waiting for someone to pull them out from the depths of the sea and reveal them again, like a lost treasure.