The Rebellious Tide
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Publisher Description
FINALIST FOR THE FERRO-GRUMLEY AWARD FOR LGBTQ FICTION
Sebastien’s search for his father leads him to a ship harbouring a dangerous secret.
Sebastien has heard only stories about his father, a mysterious sailor who abandoned his pregnant mother thirty years ago. But when his mother dies after a lifetime of struggle, he becomes obsessed with finding an explanation — perhaps even revenge.
The father he’s never met is Kostas, the commanding officer of a luxury liner sailing the Mediterranean. Posing as a member of the ship’s crew, Sebastien stalks his unwitting father in search of answers as to why he disappeared so many years ago.
After a public assault triggers outrage among the ship’s crew, Sebastien finds himself entangled in a revolt against the oppressive ruling class of officers. As the clash escalates between the powerful and the powerless, Sebastien uncovers something his father has hidden deep within the belly of the ship — a disturbing secret that will force him to confront everything he’s always wondered and feared about his own identity.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A young man’s search for the father he never met takes him on the journey of a lifetime. Sebastien is desperate to leave his small, suffocating Québec town, so much so that he hops on board a Mediterranean cruise liner—but he soon clashes with the mean-spirited, rules-obsessed captain and his officers. The result is full-on mutiny as Sebastien joins a lovable band of rebel crew members and passengers to rise up in protest of the way they’re being treated. While he bonds with the chosen family he’s always needed—and comes to terms with the unpleasant truth about his long-absent father—Sebastien also embarks on a dizzying romance with Nikos, the man leading this onboard rebellion of the powerless against the ruling class. The Rebellious Tide is a fantastic LGBTQ+ adventure that celebrates community.
