Captain of Nothing

The map only shows the way when the crew is completely lost. Your character has a boat held together with rope, four friends who argue about everything, and no idea that the map is telling the truth.

12 illustrated pages
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Illustrated in storybook style

“Mike was captain of a small boat called the Tangle, held together by rope, hope, and several very determined knots.”

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Aboard a boat held together with rope, your character tries to steer while four friends argue over the route. Their map refuses to help. Every confident change of course takes them farther from anything recognizable, until nobody can even agree which way they came. Only then does the map show a way forward. Now the captain must persuade a thoroughly disagreeable crew to follow it.

For you if squabbling crews are good company on a lazy afternoon.

What is inside this book?

The twelve pages follow a boat journey shaped by wrong turns, crew arguments, and a map with an unusual condition. You get one or two short sentences per page. Storybook illustrations put the ropebound boat and its disagreeing occupants together, giving the navigation problem a visible setting as confidence gives way to being completely lost.

Who is this one for?

Pick this if you enjoy argumentative groups, unreliable plans, and adventures where getting lost is part of the attraction. It fits someone you know who finds a squabbling crew more entertaining than a perfectly organized expedition. The mood suits an unhurried afternoon with a comic voyage to follow.

Captain of Nothing is a personalized illustrated storybook of twelve pages about an argumentative crew and a map that requires getting lost.

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How is this one different from the others?

All four books are the same price, the same twelve illustrated pages, read online and downloaded as a PDF. What differs is the situation, the feeling, and the style it is drawn in.

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