"A sweeping Elizabethan historical fantasy from an internationally renowned author that evokes the seafaring adventures of Robert Louis Stevenson with the magic of The Bear and the Nightingale"-- Provided by publisher.

1588. Reynard Shotwood survived the destruction of the Spanish Armada's failed invasion, but floated into the water off Suffolk, the sole survivor of an enlisted English fishing boat. Rescued by a crippled Spanish galleon, he is tasked by the captain to bring them to a safe harbor. Instead the ship is swept north to an island where eldritch creatures steal precious time from the sleeping crew. The island is a kingdom of war, ruled by godlike beings to whom humans are pawns at best. And Reynard has a destiny here.... -- adapted from jacket