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Leo wasn’t looking for trouble. Why would he be? He’s 14, an orphan and only working in a beer-splattered fisherman’s tavern because he’s dropped out of school and can’t stand his so-called parents.

So he really doesn’t want to be the centre of an argument between two captains when he arrives late for work one morning. But that’s what happens and, within minutes, he joins the unlikely crew of Max Panamax, a rusty old cargo ship with a mysterious past, on a round-the-world race.

Lurching from one danger to the next, he quickly discovers a world beyond the Southampton docks that is full of intrigue and excitement. Luckily for him, his unusual crewmates have many hidden talents to help in their destiny-filled quest for riches and rewards.

Solving riddles, becoming trapped in an erupting volcano in Hawaii, surviving a breaker’s yard in Bangladesh and confronting a deluded Egyptian king… Leo thinks he’s seen it all. But it’s the discovery of the Western Key, a pendant once belonging to Blackbeard, that changes both his future and his past.

It also changes his captain.

Then again, it’s not like he hadn’t been warned: “One line of blood, A flash of red. One legacy, From head to head.”

Join Leo and the crew of Max Panamax on their thrilling journey around the world as they search for the truth behind Blackbeard’s ultimate treasure, in this beautifully-illustrated book.

Read what inspired Thrasy Petropoulos to write Max Panamax and the Western Key.

Max Panamax and the Western Key

Author: Thrasy Petropoulos
Illustrations: Gilles & Cecilie Studio
Paperback: 348 pages
Dimensions: 15.2 x 2.2 x 22.9 cm
E-book:
ISBN-10: 1986334562
ISBN-13: 978-1986334563
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform © 2019 Thrasy Petropoulos