A historical novel you can't put down. The world of the 17th century, as our contemporary recreated it. Pirate customs, slave ships, the charm of travel - and all this from the first person, like in a cool video game. What an amazing book you have in your hands! Tom Collins looks into the depths of the sea. And he catches your gaze there - piercing, bewitching. This is where the adventures of a 14-year-old boy from the Caribbean island of Nevis begin. Of course, this is the view of a mermaid - a sculpture from the bow of a sunken ship. A man who calls himself the Pious clings to it for his life. It is he who will give Tom the ownership of “half” of a dark-skinned slave named Bibido. And not just a slave - a prince, the future leader of a powerful tribe. The hero will travel halfway around the world to the Cape Verde Islands to return Bibido to his homeland. Ahead of him is a fight with a shark, an escape from a sugar plantation, friendship with the legendary pirate Bull and other exciting adventures. Bjarne Reuther (born in 1950) is a famous Danish writer and screenwriter, whose work has been finding more and more new fans for more than forty years. . With his book, Compass Guide opens a series of modern historical novels - reminiscent of the great classics, but belonging to our century both in spirit and in language. "The Ring of Prince Faisal", the translation of which into English gained great popularity, was nominated for the H. C. Andersen Prize.