to an Atlantic island with danger on the water and more on the shore, when an American industrialist starts destroying the small-boat fishery. But will islanders detect and defeat the master schemer behind it all?

You can find out – with fun on every page.

Listen to the reviewers

From the Globe and Mail, Toronto: “Joseph Green has immortalized a small island off the East Coast in a little gem of a novel about isolation and adolescence.”

“He has caught all the nuances of a very particular culture, with its ribald humor, colorful invective, disdain for affectation and suspicion of mainlanders, those ‘come from away.’ “

“Beyond all doubt, it’s the most impressive novel of the season.”

From the Toronto Star: “This is an extremely accomplished novel from an unknown writer, blessed with page-turning comic verve and acute social observation.”

“This short book is infinitely rich in characterization, populated as it is by salty people with such names as Wall Street Archer, Ashley the Gannet and Calvina the Raven. The dialogue too is inventively tangy and slangy. (A bottle of rum is ‘hotter than a bride’s breath.’) And images of unexpected beauty (the fog-shrouded coves, the shoals of herring, Carol’s ‘musically-curved hips with slacks gripping them as if affectionately’) catch the mind’s eye and convey a world that is at once elegiac and cheering.”

 From Maclean’s Magazine: “In a mere four pages, Green can say more about the relationship between a father, mother and son than most authors can in an entire book.”

Now listen to an island character: “I’ll tow it alongside but I won’t take it aboard,” said Wiff Jordan. . . . . Which means, he’s still making up his mind. So if like Wiff you want to learn more, Click the box below.

“I'm halfway through The Citadel Summit and the thing's a hoot. I can't put it down. I'd even go as far as to call it a piece of comic genius.” - so said Nova Scotia’s best-known political columnist.

“I was captivated by this book and read it in one day. It is hilarious with twists and turns that will put a smile on your face.” - from a Senior Public Servant.

“The Citadel Summit is Elmore Leonard filtered through Yes, Minister.” - from a super reader who rarely praises.

 And what they discovered –

 ·        “If you've failed to see the humour so far in Canadian bureaucracy and politics, federal-provincial relations, English/French, West/East, Indigenous/White and other bust-ups, then this book is for you.”

 ·        “A great read especially for those of us who have worked in the Federal or Provincial governments. Classic tales of colonialism, bureaucratic bungling, Fed/Prov infighting, Indigenous people, cover-your-butt scenarios, pontificating, promoting the incompetent, plus a touch of religion including a shaman.”

The story in a sentence:

Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General and federal bureaucrat Jack Solenko try to host an international gathering at Quebec’s famed Citadel, but get locked up with their lives threatened as:

- an oil-mad Prime Minister battles a separatist Quebec Premier;

- the Premier’s beautiful Siren of Sovereignty maddens Solenko;

- Québécois nationalists invade the Citadel;

- and a First Nations renegade kidnaps the porn-starlet niece of a U.S. candidate for President.

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