Skies of November

About the Book

The story starts out in Ecorse Michigan on the Detroit River front. The new owner and a crew of volunteers work to restore a Detroit Treasure, a one hundred year old riverboat by the name of Ste. Clair. The owner is approached by a entrepreneur with a proposal. The owner originally declines, but after loosing the dock space and being pushed out into the Detroit river in the middle of the night the owner accepts the offer. The Ste. Claire is then retrofitted with hover capabilities. The project is a success the Ste. Claire is now able to hover. The Ste. Claire now embarques on a journey to Mackinac Island where a convention being held for the leaders all major shipping companies. The entrepreneur wants to showcase the hover capabilities at the convention. On the way to Mackinaw the crew of the Ste. Claire soon finds out that they are being stalked by the government. The Ste. Claire reaches Mackinac Island and given an ultimatum by the government. Surrender the Ste. Claire or face the consequences. Meanwhile on Lake Superior history is about to repeat itself the second version of the Edmond Fitzgerald the EF2 is about to meet the fate of its predecessor. The crew of Ste. Claire decides to the new technology, outrun the government, take on Lake Superior, and save the crew of the EF2.

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