The Great Southland, 1626

The Utrecht leaves Holland on an eight-month voyage to Batavia, on the other side of the world. The ship is overcrowded, and navigation around the Horn is down to the skipper’s dead reckoning – guesswork.

Below decks, Michiel van Texel is a sergeant on the company’s coin, on his way to fight the Mataram and escape his demons.

When the ship founders on the jagged reefs of the Houtman Rocks, and those around him begin to reveal their true natures, surviving the wreck is the least of his worries.

A chilling tale of power, religion, obsession and redemption, and what can happen when civilized men give way to temptation.

East India is loosely based on one of the great sea adventures of history.

This is a new and revised 2022 edition.