Retribution: The Stanfield Chronicles(2 The Stanfield Chronicles)

'Retribution' begins in 1620. A grieving Isaac Stanfield heads out across the Atlantic Ocean. After the Mayflower sails for the new world, Isaac has been sent to explore the potential for trade and further settlements in New England. His efforts are frustrated by the incompetence and duplicity of the people with whom he has to deal. This second book in the Stanfield Chronicles series continues with Isaac's love of adventure, his courage, and ingenuity being fully tested, his fascination with and respect for the native peoples he meets. Isaac's life consists of blue water sailing adventures, kidnapping, smuggling, pirates, torture and romance, on two continents, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea. A life lived on the edge while he attempts to protect those he loves. "The story is captivating, the research meticulous. A book to be bought and enjoyed. It is an excellent read." David Tory has sailed the coast of Massachusetts and Maine for 30 years. He brings other settings alive through his familiarity with Dorset, England, and his intimate knowledge of Bermuda and its waters. Years of research give his books a firm grounding in historic facts and figures while allowing his imagination to use his fictional characters to tell a compelling story of the turbulent early history of New England. Background information on that history can be found on www.DavidToryAuthor.com.

About the Author :
In 1962, David began the first of 35 years in the software industry; initially in the UK, where he had lived his younger life and later in the US as the industry grew and became a global phenomenon. In 1997 he embarked on a new career in community outreach, co-founding the Essex County Community Foundation (ECCF) in Topsfield, MA. Working with diverse non-profit organizations in this history-rich region of New England awakened in him a keen interest in the roots and history of philanthropy in this region.After retiring from ECCF, he felt compelled to research the origins of philanthropy in New England. His research uncovered facts about the early attempted settlements here that appeared to be generally unknown. As he delved deeper and sought to bring the events to logical historical relevance, Isaac Stanfield emerged as the unifying persona, the observer and participant in the description of the years leading up to the landing of the Pilgrims.Boats, sailing and the oceans have been an indelible influence in David's life from an early age. Similarly, the histories of Europe and the United States have been passions he has studied, particularly as they intersect and unfold. After moving to the United States in 1980, he and his wife Helen spent 30 years sailing their 37' Pearson, Bandersnatch. They fell in love with the coast of Maine, its history, bays, islands, fog and abundant wildlife and explored energetically. Currently they live in Essex County, Massachusetts