Into The Unknown

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Publisher: Dune Publishing (24 February 2026)

Language: English

Paperback: 292 pages

ISBN-13: 978-17640117-6-1

Brief Summary – Elevator Pitch:

1686 – 1712, Middelburg, Zeeland, the Netherlands

Gerrit de Waal is born in 1686 during the Dutch Golden Age of oceanic seafaring and trade. His father disappears on a voyage across the Indian Ocean in 1694. Determined to search for his father, Gerrit signs on aboard the sailing ship Zuytdorp in 1711. He survives her shipwreck in June 1712. Cast ashore on the Australian continent, he is saved from certain death by a local Malgana First Nations family. Assimilation does not come easily, in the place where the sun meets the sea. Aboriginal Australian sculptor Lennard Currie has researched the De Waal family tree and believes his life intertwines with theirs. Into The Unknown is the sequel to The Dreams of Summer Dartson.