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ToMariettaandTedTerry,

prayerwarriorsandfriends,

withloveandgratitude.

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Dedication

Epigraph

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Epilogue

Author’sNote

DiscussionQuestions

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DuringsevereweatheryesterdaythreevesselswerewreckednearTrebetherick

Point,beatenbythewaves,andgonetopieces.

—WESTBRITON,FEBRUARY1818

Obscurestnightinvolvedthesky,

Th’Atlanticbillowsroared,

WhensuchadestinedwretchasI,

Washedheadlongfromonboard,

Offriends,ofhope,ofallbereft,

Hisfloatinghomeforeverleft.

—WILLIAMCOWPER,“THECASTAWAY”

“Whatwoman,havingtensilvercoins,ifshelosesonecoin,doesnotlighta

lamp,sweepthehouse,andsearchcarefullyuntilshefindsit?Andwhenshehas

foundit,shecallsherfriendsandneighborstogether,saying,‘Rejoicewithme,

forIhavefoundthepiecewhichIlost!’”

—LUKE15:8–9NKJV

Prologue

OCTOBER1813

NORTHCORNWALL,ENGLAND

Flotsamorjetsam?

AccordingtotheheavyoldvolumeofDr.Johnson’sDictionaryinmy

uncle’sstudy,flotsamisanygoodsfloatingontheseawhereashiphassunk

orbeencastaway,whilejetsamisanythingpurposelycastoutofaship

whenindanger,inhopesofsavingit,oratleastlighteningtheload.

AlmostdailyIwalkalongtheshore,eyeskeenforeitherone.

Istep,andsometimesleap,fromrocktorockpool,frombeachtobeach

grass.Looking,looking,alwayslooking,mygazepinnednoton