Voyages Of The Harmonia Ship -3

Voyages of the Harmonia - Volume 3 continues the epic of one of the most unusual maritime expeditions of the ancient world, following the ship's return journey from China to the Mediterranean, an eight and a half month journey that forever transforms the crew and the world they knew.The volume begins with the departure from the great port of Canton, where the Harmonia is loaded with Chinese weapons, fine silks, rare medicinal plants and exotic animals, including bears pandas that become the symbol of innocence and wonder in the eyes of the crew.From here begins a long and dangerous crossing of the Dragon Sea, the Indian Ocean and Asian trade routes, where pirates, storms and the unknown constantly test the ship's survival.During the journey, Azarel, the survivor lost in the waves and a former prisoner of the pirates, gradually begins to regain his memory.Painful fragments of the past: the fall in the sea, slavery, forced labor in the rice fields and life among pirates.The revelation of the truth about his past brings tension but also healing, especially in his relationship with Nadira, the woman from Aden who carries his child.At the same time, the relationships among the crew evolve profoundly.Valeria and Lucius Aelius Varro discover an unexpected love born of the dangers of the crossing, while Nataniel steers the ship with a more mature view of the world.The 25 people on the Harmonia, sailors, centurions and women who accompany them, become a family united by extreme experiences and the desire to survive together.Along the way, the ship stops in important ports such as Muziris, Berenice, Alexandria and Cyprus, where each stop brings new revelations: global trade, the exchange of ideas, the amazement of civilizations that discover each other and the growing fame of the ship that has become a legend.Finally, the Harmonia reaches Caesarea Maritima, where it is received as a miracle of the known world.Rome receives the weapons of China, scholars analyze the oriental scrolls, and the lost families are reunited.Azarel finds his parents, and the crew understands that they have not only crossed the seas, but changed forever the boundaries of human knowledge.Volume 3 is thus not just the story of a return, but the birth of a new world, in which the ship Harmonia becomes the symbol of the link between civilizations and the beginning of an era of discoveries without return.

Pagina's: 100, Paperback, Independently published